meeting-groundn.
/ˈmiːtɪŋɡraʊnd/, U.S. /ˈmidɪŋˌɡraʊn(d)/ 1. A place where people, etc., meet; a gathering place.
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the world > space > place > [noun] > place of meeting or assembly
meeting-place1553
place (point, port, etc.) of rendezvous1556
meeting1598
emporium1683
rallying place1759
rallying point1759
meeting-ground1840
parish pump1840
point1967
1840 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet xvii. 209 The Log Cabin instantly became the representative of a sentiment, and a word of power; and in a perfect tornado of enthusiasm, was raised in every village, hamlet and meeting ground in the land.
1875 Appletons' Jrnl. 5 June 707/3 [Hyde Park] is the resort of fashion, the noisy meeting-ground of reformers, and the pleasure-park for the people.
1940 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ tr. D. B. MacIntyre Praise of Ben Dorain in Golden Treasury Sc. Poetry 56 Stags' chief meeting-ground and place That's source of every great chase.
1998 New Yorker 23 Mar. 70/3 It had become a resort for Hollywood's royalty..and an Aspenlike meeting ground for a new meritocracy of the beautiful, the powerful, the amusing, and the rich.
2. figurative. An area of knowledge, interest, etc., held in common by two or more people or disciplines; a shared or uniting factor.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > participation in common interest > common interest
concern1643
meeting-ground1854
1854 M. Oliphant Quiet Heart xxxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 563/1 Jenny has come..to the family service—the daily meeting-ground of mistress and servant, child and mother.
1944 B. Molinowski Sci. Theory Culture i. 4 In this essay I shall attempt to show that the real meeting-ground of all branches of anthropology is the scientific study of culture.
1958 A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Method in Social Anthropol. i. iv. 107 Such a meeting-ground has been provided for a century by the Royal Anthropological Institute and will continue to be provided in the future.
1991 Jrnl. Royal Mus. Assoc. 116 161 The pastourelle, a poetic meeting-ground for aristocrat and peasant, chastity and passion, was among the most enduring topics of early French literature.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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