Entry Word: meeting

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose <there will be another committee meeting next week to discuss the parish fair>

Synonyms assembly, conference, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering, get-together, huddle, powwow, roundtable, seminar

Related Words caucus, conclave, synod; demonstration, rally; conversation, dialogue (also dialog), discourse, discussion, palaver, talk; negotiation, parley; audience, interview, session

2 a body of people come together in one place <a meeting marked by no consensus of what needs to be done> — see gathering 1
3 the coming together of two or more things to the same point <a meeting of two railroad lines> — see convergence