meeting

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the social act of assembling for some common purpose

   The meeting with the sales representatives was the high point of their day.

2. 2
   noun

   a casual or unexpected convergence

   I still remember our meeting in Paris.

3. 3
   noun

   a formally arranged gathering

   next year the meeting will be in Chicago

4. 4
   noun

   a small informal social gathering

   there was an informal meeting in my living room

5. 5
   noun

   The act of persons or things that meet.

   Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.

6. 6
   noun

   A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.

   We need to have a meeting about that soon.

7. 7
   noun

   The people at such a gathering.

   What has the meeting decided.

8. 8
   noun

   An encounter between people, even accidental.

   They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.

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.