A meeting between enemies to discuss terms; a parley. Obsolete.

A meeting by formal appointment for conference or transaction of national or international business; a conference, congress, convention. (In later…

A symposiac meeting or conversation, or an account of one; a symposium. Now rare or Obsolete.

The name of an assembly of representatives of the corporations of the Cinque Ports, formerly held annually.

transferred.

An administrative assembly or meeting of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

transferred. A meeting or conference for discussion of some subject; hence, a collection of opinions delivered, or a series of articles contributed…

Hence in various specific or historical uses.

colloquial (originally U.S.). More generally: a meeting, a conference, esp. of powerful people; (also) bustle, activity.

A meeting or assembly for discussion; a conference, council. spec. an academic conference or seminar.

A formal meeting or assembly of delegates or representatives for the discussion or settlement of some question; spec. (in politics) of envoys…

Originally: a Zulu or Xhosa tribal gathering, consultation, or council meeting; (later also) (South African) any conference, meeting, or discussion.

an interview given to journalists in order to make an announcement or answer questions.

a meeting of professionals, as doctors, teachers, and social workers, to discuss the case of a particular individual or family in their care.

a meeting of editorial and production staff to discuss the content of a script, or to plan future storylines.

A meeting or conference at which people in different locations participate by means of telecommunications technology; = teleconference, n.

a meeting at a conference, etc., at which work is displayed on posters (see quot. 1977).

(a) Any of a series of negotiations held between the United States and the Soviet Union or (after 1991) Russia, and later also involving other…

A press conference.