meeting
noun
- 1
(gerund) The act of persons or things that meet.
“Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.”
- 2
A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
“We need to have a meeting about that soon.”
- 3
(collective) The people at such a gathering.
“What has the meeting decided.”
- 4
An encounter between people, even accidental.
“They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.”
- 5
A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
“Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.”
- 6
A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
- 7
An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
“Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.”
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To make contact (with) while in proximity.
- 2
(Of groups) To come together.
- 3
To make physical or perceptual contact.
- 4
To satisfy; to comply with.
“This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.”
- 5
To balance or come out correct.
- 6
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
“The eye met a horrid sight. He met his fate.”
- 7
To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
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