1
: an act or process of coming together: such as
a
: a gathering of people for a common purpose (such as to discuss business)
specifically
: an assembly for religious worship
a prayer meeting
b
: a situation or occasion when two people see or talk to each other
started dating soon after their first meeting
c
: a session of horse or dog racing
2
: a permanent organizational unit of the Society of Friends
3
: intersection, junction
the meeting of two rivers
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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Every meeting prior to this one has been in Miami.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
Decadeold meeting minutes showed that experts said the highway would need to be raised between 6 and 10 feet to accommodate sea level rise; the current $500 million project will only raise portions of the highway less than 1 foot.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Cumberland Gap Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, is tucked in the valley below Cumberland Gap National Historical Park at the meeting of the state borders for Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia.
—Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
At the December meeting, roughly two dozen attendees gathered in a downtown office building, where Free DC leaders urged residents to approach jury service skeptically, particularly in cases connected to federal law enforcement operations.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
Decadeold meeting minutes showed that experts said the highway would need to be raised between 6 and 10 feet to accommodate sea level rise; the current $500 million project will only raise portions of the highway less than 1 foot.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Cumberland Gap Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, is tucked in the valley below Cumberland Gap National Historical Park at the meeting of the state borders for Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia.
—Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
At the December meeting, roughly two dozen attendees gathered in a downtown office building, where Free DC leaders urged residents to approach jury service skeptically, particularly in cases connected to federal law enforcement operations.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
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 2 Jan. 2026.
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