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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The meeting took place on the sidelines of celebrations in Beijing to mark the anniversary of Japan's formal surrender in World War Two.
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USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
But despite the 24-carat trophy Cook handed Trump during their meeting, the true costs of those tariffs may finally show up for Apple customers later this month.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) exchanges documents with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) prior to the meeting with President of Russia, May 7, 2025 in Moscow, Russia.
—Robert Birsel
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office had ushered in a new round of serious negotiations about peace in the ongoing 4 year-long conflict in Ukraine.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
But despite the 24-carat trophy Cook handed Trump during their meeting, the true costs of those tariffs may finally show up for Apple customers later this month.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) exchanges documents with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) prior to the meeting with President of Russia, May 7, 2025 in Moscow, Russia.
—Robert Birsel
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office had ushered in a new round of serious negotiations about peace in the ongoing 4 year-long conflict in Ukraine.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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