Definition of meting
1. meeting [ n ] a formally arranged gathering
Examples:
"next year the meeting will be in Chicago"
"the meeting elected a chairperson"
(The Atlanta Constitution...)
Robert_Snodgrass , state GOP chairman , said a meeting held Tuesday night in Blue_Ridge brought enthusiastic responses from the audience .
In the Blue_Ridge meeting , the audience was warned that entering a candidate for governor would force it to take petitions out into voting_precincts to obtain the signatures of registered voters .
(The New York Times,...)
A formula to supply players for the new Minneapolis_Vikings and the problem of increasing the 1961 schedule to fourteen games will be discussed by National_Football_League owners at a meeting at the Hotel_Warwick today .
Other items on the agenda during the meetings , which are expected to continue through Saturday , concern television , rules changes , professional football 's hall_of_fame , players ' benefits and constitutional amendments .
(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)
These short , `` streamlined '' meetings usually are sponsored by local banks , Chambers_of_Commerce , trade associations , or other civic organizations .
Synonyms meeting Related Terms gathering conference convention congress conclave town_meeting forum board_meeting caucus stockholders_meeting encounter_group summit plenum camp_meeting council psychotherapy_group meet2. meeting [ n ] a small informal social gathering
Examples:
"there was an informal meeting in my livingroom"
(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)
Andrei remembered a Bathyran meeting long_ago .
(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)
At their meeting he told her not to bother about `` where '' - he would attend to that .
(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)
I set the hour of our meeting for seven .
All about me there was a hectic interplay of meetings taking_place , like abrupt , jerky scenes in old silent_movies , joyous greetings and beginnings , huggings and kissings , enthusiastic forays into the festive night .
Synonyms meeting get_together Related Terms social_gathering date visit conventicle luncheon_meeting power_breakfast seance meet meet3. meeting [ n ] the social act of assembling for some common purpose
Examples:
"his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
(Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)
Fearful of inviting a military showdown with the West which they could not win , the Communists seek to undermine Western power where the nuclear might of the West is irrelevant - in backwoods guerrilla skirmishes , in mob uprisings in the streets , in parliaments , in clandestine meetings of undercover conspirators , at the United_Nations , on the propaganda front , at diplomatic conferences - preferably at the highest level .
Synonyms meeting coming_together Related Terms assembly visit session visit rendezvous socialization visit meet4. meeting [ n ] a casual or unexpected convergence
Examples:
"he still remembers their meeting in Paris"
"there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)
Parents will drive on Friday night to pick_up their daughters after a sorority or House Plan meeting .
(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)
She no_longer wanted anything about him to remind her of the circumstances of their meeting that first night in Parioli .
Synonyms encounter meeting Related Terms convergence conjunction find5. meeting [ n ] the act of joining together as one
Examples:
"the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"
"there was no meeting of minds"
(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)
Nearly twenty-five years before , Captain_John_Davis had noted , as he sailed near the Arctic_Circle , `` a very great gulf , the water whirling and roaring , as_it_were the meeting of tides '' .
Synonyms meeting merging coming_together Related Terms convergence concourse unify6. meeting [ n ] a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
Examples:
"Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"
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