meet·ing 
/ˈmi:tɪŋ/ noun
plural meet·ings /ˈmi:tɪŋ/ noun 1 a [count] : a gathering of people for a particular purpose (such as to talk about business)
▪ The club's monthly meeting will be held next Monday evening. ▪ She was too busy to attend the meeting. ▪ Let's have/hold/call/convene a meeting to discuss these problems. ▪ postpone/adjourn/close a business meeting ▪ a committee/staff meeting ▪ I wasn't able to talk to him because he was in a meeting.
b : a gathering of people for religious worship [count] ▪ a Quaker meeting ▪ a revival meeting ▪ a prayer meeting [noncount] ▪ (US) He attends Quaker meeting. 2 [count] a : a situation or occasion when two people see and talk to each other
▪ They started dating each other soon after their first meeting. ▪ Their friendship began with a chance meeting at a business convention.
b : a situation or occasion when athletes or teams compete against each other
▪ Tonight's game will be their first meeting of the season.
c Brit : 2meet 1
▪ an athletics meeting 3 [singular] : the place where two things come together
▪ a town at the meeting of two rivers
▪ The club's monthly meeting will be held next Monday evening. ▪ She was too busy to attend the meeting. ▪ Let's have/hold/call/convene a meeting to discuss these problems. ▪ postpone/adjourn/close a business meeting ▪ a committee/staff meeting ▪ I wasn't able to talk to him because he was in a meeting.
b : a gathering of people for religious worship [count] ▪ a Quaker meeting ▪ a revival meeting ▪ a prayer meeting [noncount] ▪ (US) He attends Quaker meeting.
▪ They started dating each other soon after their first meeting. ▪ Their friendship began with a chance meeting at a business convention.
b : a situation or occasion when athletes or teams compete against each other
▪ Tonight's game will be their first meeting of the season.
c Brit : 2meet 1
▪ an athletics meeting
▪ a town at the meeting of two rivers
a meeting of minds or US a meeting of the minds
: an understanding or agreement between two people or groups
▪ The company and the union tried to come to a meeting of the minds. [=they tried to reach an agreement]
▪ The company and the union tried to come to a meeting of the minds. [=they tried to reach an agreement]
