Word
meeting
Phoneticsmeet·ing
US/ˈmitɪŋ/
UK/mˈiːtɪŋ/
Definitions
01work or formal gathering
n. an event where people get together to discuss work or make decisions.
n. a planned gathering of people for a specific purpose, typically professional or administrative.
“The morning meeting lasted two hours because there was a lot to discuss.”
“The department head scheduled a mandatory meeting to address the budget cuts and outline the strategy for the upcoming fiscal year.”
Pitfall
I have a meeting to the manager.
I have a meeting with the manager.
Use the preposition 'with' to indicate the person you are meeting.
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02an encounter
n. the act of coming together with someone, sometimes by chance.
n. an instance of coming together or encountering someone, whether planned or accidental.
“Our first meeting was at a small coffee shop in the city centre.”
“Their chance meeting at the airport led to a long-term professional collaboration that neither could have predicted.”
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03a junction
n. the place where two things, like roads or rivers, come together.
n. the point or instance of junction, intersection, or confluence between two physical entities.
“The town was built at the meeting of two large rivers.”
“The geographical survey focused on the meeting of the tectonic plates, where seismic activity was most frequent.”
Formal
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04religious service
n. a religious gathering or service, often in certain Christian groups.
n. a gathering for worship or religious administration, particularly within the Quaker tradition or evangelical contexts.
“The community gathered for a silent meeting at the local Quaker house.”
“The elders called for a special meeting to discuss the spiritual direction of the congregation and the maintenance of the chapel.”
Formal
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Etymology
From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”), Middle Low German mö̂tinge (“meeting”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.
From Middle English metynge, metinde, metand, from Old English mētende, ġemētende, from Proto-Germanic mōtijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), equivalent to meet + -ing.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Collocations
Idioms
meeting of the mindless — A serious disagreement, especially one resulting from a gathering in which discussion or negotiation took place.
meeting of the minds — An agreement, especially one resulting from a gathering in which discussion or negotiation took place.
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