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
Recent Examples on the Web
The 43-story tower, designed by NBBJ for Amazon, includes 885,000 square feet of office space, a 16,000-square-foot meeting center, and 14,000 square feet of retail.
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
At a neighborhood meeting in Northeast Kansas City during the fall of 2019, some concerned residents shouted and even stormed out over bike lanes.
—Kansas City Star, 5 July 2025
At a June 12 board meeting, board member Megan O'Halloran asked Cassellius to return to the board with a plan for extracurricular activities in October, when the district adjusts its budget based on state funding levels.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025
Gregg said there simply isn’t a large public meeting space in the district, at least not one without a prohibitive cost attached.
—Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
At a neighborhood meeting in Northeast Kansas City during the fall of 2019, some concerned residents shouted and even stormed out over bike lanes.
—Kansas City Star, 5 July 2025
At a June 12 board meeting, board member Megan O'Halloran asked Cassellius to return to the board with a plan for extracurricular activities in October, when the district adjusts its budget based on state funding levels.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025
Gregg said there simply isn’t a large public meeting space in the district, at least not one without a prohibitive cost attached.
—Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 4 July 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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