Meeting - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmiːtɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word meeting
Brit.  |ˈmiːtɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word meeting
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be' to meet

noun

- a formally arranged gathering
next year the meeting will be in Chicago
the meeting elected a chairperson
- a small informal social gathering (syn: get together)
there was an informal meeting in my living room
- a casual or unexpected convergence (syn: encounter)
he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- the social act of assembling for some common purpose (syn: congress)
his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day
- the act of joining together as one (syn: merging)
there was no meeting of minds
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) (syn: confluence)

Extra examples

The club's monthly meeting will be held next Monday evening.

She was too busy to attend the meeting.

Let's have a meeting to discuss these problems.

I wasn't able to talk to him because he was in a meeting.

They started dating each other soon after their first meeting.

Their friendship began with a chance meeting at a business convention.

Tonight's game will be their first meeting of the season.

A town at the meeting of two rivers

We're having a meeting next week to discuss the matter.

Fifty people attended the meeting.

Mrs Lavelle is in a meeting at the moment.

The minister has called an emergency meeting.

There was a public meeting about the future of the gallery.

I've got a meeting with Mr Edwards this afternoon.

Are you coming to the committee meeting this evening?

Word forms

noun
singular: meeting
plural: meetings
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