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meeting

  • noun
  • /ˈmiːtɪŋ/

The act of persons or things that meet.

Example

“Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.”

Other meanings

  1. A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.

    “We need to have a meeting about that soon.”

  2. The people at such a gathering.

    “What has the meeting decided.”

Synonyms

  • group meeting

Example sentences

  • “Are the diplomatic meetings leading to agreements?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “It was a very heated meeting.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Is it acceptable to be late for meetings in your country?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "mēting".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “meeting” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.