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
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
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At the back of a buzzy canteen, there are a pair of meeting spaces, whose names revolve with the latest academy players to have started a Premier League game for Newcastle.
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
None of the applicants were present at Wednesday's board meeting.
—Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
At a meeting last month, after hearing from residents, city commissioners set aside the flag-raising idea and instead agreed to display a more neutral banner honoring all victims of the war, to light up City Hall and to hold an interfaith vigil.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker has asked Tarrant County faith leaders to come to City Council meetings and saturate them in prayer.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2025
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
None of the applicants were present at Wednesday's board meeting.
—Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
At a meeting last month, after hearing from residents, city commissioners set aside the flag-raising idea and instead agreed to display a more neutral banner honoring all victims of the war, to light up City Hall and to hold an interfaith vigil.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker has asked Tarrant County faith leaders to come to City Council meetings and saturate them in prayer.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meeting. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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