meet·ing
Pronounced:
/ˈmi:tɪŋ/
Function:
nounInflected forms:
plural meet·ingsMeaning:
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
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
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]