meeting

[Meet·ing]

A meeting is the planned gathering of a group of people for a specific reason. You might attend a meeting for Trekkies who are all fans of "Star Trek," or you may decide to stay home and watch "Star Trek" reruns instead. Wise move.

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A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.

Noun
the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"

Noun
the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"

Noun
a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

Noun
a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"

Noun
a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my livingroom"

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Noun
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Meet

n.
A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.

n.
A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.

n.
A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting.

n.
An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.


Meeting

Meet"ing, n. 1. A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress. 2. A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers. 3. A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting. 4. An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters. Syn. -- Conference; assembly; company; convention; congregation; junction; confluence; union.

A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.

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Usage Examples

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

Every now and then, I have blissful moments of thanking God for all the amazing things that are happening. When I leave the White House after just meeting Obama or when I see my face on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' or when I meet someone who tells me that their daughter is inspired by me, those are moments that are incredibly joyful.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the poisons of life and an adequate equipment in knowledge and skill for meeting the chances of life.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north and that was - almost daily meeting with famous men.

Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind.

And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc.

Currently, I am overseeing the construction of the new Trump Tower in Chicago. I am involved in meeting with the construction crews, architects and sales teams. I am learning a lot and working with some of the best in the business.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

An external electric field, meeting it and passing through it, affects the negative as much as the positive quanta of the atom, and pushes the former to one side, and the latter in the other direction.

All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. religion, whatever else it has done, has provided one of the main ways of meeting this abiding need.

As far as 'Twilight' goes, I'm in love with my character. I'm in love with the whole series. I love doing the fan conventions around the world, I love to travel. So wherever it fits in, I'd love to continue doing that for the rest of my life. Just meeting the fans who made everything possible from around the world.

But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.

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