American English pronunciation
How to pronounce meeting
IPA transcription: ['mitɪŋ]
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Noun
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a formally arranged gathering
“next year the meeting will be in Chicago”
“the meeting elected a chairperson”
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a casual or unexpected convergence
“he still remembers their meeting in Paris”
“there was a brief encounter in the hallway”
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a small informal social gathering
“there was an informal meeting in my living room”
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the social act of assembling for some common purpose
“his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day”
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the act of joining together as one
“the merging of the two groups occurred quickly”
“there was no meeting of minds”
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a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
“Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers”
Verb
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come together
“I'll probably see you at the meeting”
“How nice to see you again!”
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fill or meet a want or need
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get together socially or for a specific purpose
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collect in one place
“We assembled in the church basement”
“Let's gather in the dining room”
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be adjacent or come together
“The lines converge at this point”
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satisfy a condition or restriction
“Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?”
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satisfy or fulfill
“meet a need”
“this job doesn't match my dreams”
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get to know; get acquainted with
“I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!”
“we met in Singapore”
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meet by design; be present at the arrival of
“Can you meet me at the train station?”
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contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
“Princeton plays Yale this weekend”
“Charlie likes to play Mary”
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experience as a reaction
“My proposal met with much opposition”
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be in direct physical contact with; make contact
“The two buildings touch”
“Their hands touched”
“The wire must not contact the metal cover”
“The surfaces contact at this point”
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undergo or suffer
“meet a violent death”
“suffer a terrible fate”
Usage examples
- He was inspired to enter bodybuilding after meeting personal trainer Marcos Rodriguez.
- The race was formerly staged during Newmarket's Champions' Day meeting in mid-October.
- He gradually retired from the family business and began his involvement with Quaker meetings.
- Barclay calls a meeting with the senior staff and explains his observations.
- In this meeting, Roosevelt decided in favor of Los Angeles.
- The meeting looms as the birthplace of the medical genetics field.
- Can we arrange a meeting?
- He explains that The meeting of spiritualistic can take place in the Spirit.
- Please schedule a meeting between me and John at three thirty tomorrow.
- Hence, an actual meeting of the minds is not required.