meeting

noun

meet·​ing ˈmē-tiŋ 

1

: an act or process of coming together: such as

a

: an assembly for a common purpose (such as worship)

b

: a session of horse or dog racing

2

: a permanent organizational unit of the Society of Friends

3

: intersection, junction

Synonyms

• assembly
• congress
• convention
• convocation
• council
• gathering
• get-together
• huddle

Examples of meeting in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The City Council must vote once more at a future meeting before the policies can take effect. —Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024

Negotiations over a Gaza cease-fire had been set to resume this week following a meeting in Paris among Israel’s intelligence chief, the head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the Qatari foreign minister. —Ethan Bronner / Bloomberg, TIME, 27 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing meeting

• a meeting of (the) minds
• business meeting
• camp meeting
• meeting of minds
• prayer meeting
• protracted meeting
• revival meeting
• Sunday-go-to-meeting
• town meeting

Kids Definition

meeting

noun

meet·​ing

ˈmēt-iŋ

1

: the act of persons or things that meet

a chance meeting

2

: a coming together of a number of persons for a definite purpose

the club meeting

3

: an assembly for religious worship

a Quaker meeting

4

: the place where two things come together : junction