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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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
During their meeting at Zodiac, the two quickly hit it off and moved in together.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The world is closely watching for whether the two leaders can stabilize their countries’ fractious relationship during the meeting, which caps off the US president’s five-day, three-country visit to Asia.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Something needs to be done, but not this One thing all residents and local officials could agree on at the meeting is that the Galleria Mall is a far cry from its glory days.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for meeting
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“Meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meeting. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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