meeting

noun

Updated on: 8 Apr 2018

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

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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 of meeting from the Web

In February 2016, Robert Warren, the executive director of Hoyt Sherman Place, a historic mansion in Des Moines, Iowa, now used as a theater and meeting space, was looking for some Civil War-era flags to celebrate President’s Day.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "400-Year-Old Painting by Dutch Master Found in Iowa Storage Room," 5 Apr. 2018
Days later, after meetings with national security officials, Trump and aides issued statements re-affirming the goal of troop withdrawal, but saying the U.S. would wait until the Islamic State is completely defeated.

— david jackson, USA TODAY, "Donald Trump tweets policy, forcing aides to fill in details (or walk them back)," 5 Apr. 2018
The Hampton House — which was recently renovated and opened as a museum and community meeting center — provided refuge to Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson.

— skyler swisher, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Amid renewed activism, South Florida remembers 50th anniversary of MLK assassination," 4 Apr. 2018
The resolution will likely be duplicated and appear at many county meetings on Monday.

— paul a. smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Smith: Transferred Kewaskum deer cause CWD concerns in Bayfield County," 4 Apr. 2018
At Google and Facebook, employees walk or ride bikes between meetings.

— Fortune, "Is Silicon Valley Vulnerable? Shooting at YouTube HQ Prompts Security Fears," 4 Apr. 2018
Tuesday’s meeting followed a scramble by Trump’s national security aides to address his recent threat to pull out all U.S. forces in Syria.

— NBC News, "Trump agrees to keep U.S. troops in Syria for undetermined period of time to defeat ISIS," 4 Apr. 2018
Cooper said the potholes will be addressed at the April 5 Ramona Community Planning Group meeting.

— julie gallant, Ramona Sentinel, "Board approves utility box designs, critiques alley potholes," 4 Apr. 2018
The restaurant will provide 26 parking spaces on the site, plus another eight elsewhere within the retail center, according to a report prepared for the council meeting.

— steve dreyer, Pomerado News, "Council OKs Chick-fil-A on Poway Road," 4 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of meeting

14th century

meeting Synonyms

Synonyms

confluence, conjunction, convergence, convergency;

Antonyms

divergence;

MEETING Defined for English Language Learners

meeting

noun

: a gathering of people for a particular purpose (such as to talk about business)
: a gathering of people for religious worship
: a situation or occasion when two people see and talk to each other

MEETING Defined for Kids

meeting

noun meet·ing \ ˈmē-tiŋ \

1 : the act of persons or things that come together

a chance meeting

2 : a gathering of people for a particular purpose

The club holds weekly meetings.

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