meeting

A1 Topic:Work & Careers

US /ˈmitɪŋ/ UK /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #622

Meanings

1

noun
An organized gathering of people for a particular purpose.

The meeting with the sales team starts at nine.
2

noun
An occasion when people come together, sometimes by chance.

They fell in love after a chance meeting on the train.

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Synonyms

1 noun · an organized gathering of... group meeting

2 noun · an occasion when people... encounter

More assemblyconvocationgatheringmeet-up

Word family

Forms meetings

Derived forms approximeetingcounter-meetingcountermeetinge-meetingfanmeetinggo-to-meetingmeetinghousemeetingitismeetinglessmeetinglikemerry-meetingmerrymeeting

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Phrases (9)

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business meeting
a meeting held for professional or commercial purposes

Adjective + noun
attend a meeting
be present at a meeting

Verb + noun
hold a meeting
organize and conduct a meeting

Verb + noun
annual meeting
a meeting that takes place once a year

Adjective + noun
emergency meeting
an urgent, unplanned meeting called to deal with a crisis

Adjective + noun
call a meeting
arrange for a meeting to take place

Verb + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Journeys end in lovers' meeting

Etymology

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.

metynge Middle English mētende Old English *mōtijandz Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną Proto-Germanic

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# meeting

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmitɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmiːtɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 622

## Meanings
1. An organized gathering of people for a particular purpose.
2. An occasion when people come together, sometimes by chance.

## Examples
- The meeting with the sales team starts at nine.
- They fell in love after a chance meeting on the train.

## Synonyms
- assembly
- convocation
- gathering
- meet-up

## Derived Forms
- approximeeting
- counter-meeting
- countermeeting
- e-meeting
- fanmeeting
- go-to-meeting
- meetinghouse
- meetingitis
- meetingless
- meetinglike
- merry-meeting
- merrymeeting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: metynge
- Root: mētende
- Root: *mōtijandz
- Root: *mōtijaną

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Meeting comes 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. In present-day English its meanings include an organized gathering of people for a particular purpose and an occasion when people come together, sometimes by chance. The historical chain runs through metynge (Middle English), mētende (Old English), *mōtijandz (Proto-Germanic), and *mōtijaną (Proto-Germanic). Related and derived forms include approximeeting, counter-meeting, and countermeeting.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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