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
Synonyms
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 on the Web
Yet last week, Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, pledged to increase imports of high-quality products and services from France, following a meeting with French foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné in Beijing.
—
Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 8 Apr. 2024
Still, some citizens and downtown business owners expressed concerns about how the construction and the new set up will affect them, many of whom spoke out at a community meeting last week.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Such investigations can take weeks and states generally don't have access to complaints until federal investigators finish an inquiry, state regulators complained during the NAIC meetings.
—Julie Appleby, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024
At a meeting in January, the board deadlocked 2-2 on Sarmiento’s proposal to require that supervisors reveal close family connections when money is awarded.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
At morning roll-call meetings, sweepers and cart men were put in teams and assigned to specific streets.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
The moon meeting Venus inspires you to share your feelings.
—USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
In a meeting at their Seoul hotel, Ohtani said, Mizuhara admitted to him the theft and the deception.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
During the meeting with The Republic, Arnold was asked to diagnose the causes of the university's current financial crisis.
—Hannah Dreyfus, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 8 Apr. 2024
Still, some citizens and downtown business owners expressed concerns about how the construction and the new set up will affect them, many of whom spoke out at a community meeting last week.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Such investigations can take weeks and states generally don't have access to complaints until federal investigators finish an inquiry, state regulators complained during the NAIC meetings.
—Julie Appleby, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024
At a meeting in January, the board deadlocked 2-2 on Sarmiento’s proposal to require that supervisors reveal close family connections when money is awarded.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
At morning roll-call meetings, sweepers and cart men were put in teams and assigned to specific streets.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
The moon meeting Venus inspires you to share your feelings.
—USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
In a meeting at their Seoul hotel, Ohtani said, Mizuhara admitted to him the theft and the deception.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
During the meeting with The Republic, Arnold was asked to diagnose the causes of the university's current financial crisis.
—Hannah Dreyfus, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of meeting was
in the 14th century
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“Meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meeting. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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meeting
noun
meet·ing
ˈmēt-iŋ
1
: the act of persons or things that meet
a chance meeting
2
: a coming together of a number of persons for a definite purpose
the club meeting
3
: an assembly for religious worship
a Quaker meeting
4
: the place where two things come together : junction
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