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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At that meeting, Buchanan's reappointment to a full five-year term on the housing authority's board was rejected in a 6-2 decision, with two city directors absent.
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Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2025
Back-to-back meetings with the Championship’s early pace-setters are daunting at the best of times.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
During the winter of 1947, the Martinican intellectual played an active role in these meetings and advocated for women’s rights and the end of colonialism.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The annual meeting in November could also be another positive event.
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Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2025
Back-to-back meetings with the Championship’s early pace-setters are daunting at the best of times.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
During the winter of 1947, the Martinican intellectual played an active role in these meetings and advocated for women’s rights and the end of colonialism.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The annual meeting in November could also be another positive event.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 22 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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