📖 Definitions of "Meeting"
- 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."
🔄 Synonyms of "Meeting"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| confluencenoun | The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river. |
| encounternoun | (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly. |
| get togetherverb | (transitive, intransitive) To meet, to gather together, to congregate. |
| mergingnoun | The act, or the result, of being merged. |
| coming togethernoun | A union. |
| junctionnoun | A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Meeting"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| coming togethernoun | A union. |
| junctionnoun | A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet. |
| mergingnoun | The act, or the result, of being merged. |
| encounternoun | A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected. |
| get togetherverb | (transitive, intransitive) To meet, to gather together, to congregate. |
| confluencenoun | The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river. |
| get-togethernoun | (informal) A meeting or gathering. |
| rendezvousnoun | A meeting or date. |
| assemblingnoun | A gathering or assembly. |
| gathernoun | A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. |
| rallynoun | A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause. |
| plenarynoun | A plenary session. |
| addressnoun | Direction. |
| congressnoun | (often capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America. |
| conveningnoun | An assembly; a meeting. |
| groupnoun | A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another. |
| associationnoun | (countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something. |
| conferencenoun | (sciences) A formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means. |
| collectionnoun | A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together. |
| visitnoun | A single act of visiting. |
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