Definition of meeting in English:

meeting

noun ˈmiːtɪŋˈmidɪŋ

1An assembly of people for a particular purpose, especially for formal discussion.
we held an urgent meeting to discuss the response to the epidemic
Example sentencesExamples
- The problem of cannabis is now a regular topic of discussion at meetings of the Swindon Association of Secondary Heads.
- How can meetings and discussions solve a problem like this?
- Health bosses held urgent meetings to decide how to cope with an expected surge in the number of patients over Easter.
- But some who attended the meeting felt their questions were yet to be answered.
- They also became focal points for group discussion and formal meetings.
- The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the merits of the former ambassador traveling to Niger.
- The actual discussion at meetings is not recorded formally, or contained in the minutes.
- They understood the purpose of the meeting was to discuss incorporating a new company.
- The purpose of the meeting was to execute a legal document.
- Please put these in writing, sign and place in the box at the back of the Church for discussion at the monthly meetings.
- The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the set-up of a local Farmers Market planned for the near future.
- Union officials have written to executives seeking an urgent meeting to discuss the matter.
- She also hopes to visit Britain every few months to attend council meetings.
- It was the first time in 15 years they had held a formal meeting to discuss problems in the area.
- He had therefore been entitled to attend the area assembly meetings, often held in non-council buildings.
- This might include breakfasts, lunches, formal meetings, client meetings and trial projects.
- Council passed a motion that further questions on the sessions not be discussed again at council meetings.
- The main item for discussion at the meeting was the guild's annual weekend outing.
- Those meetings were very formal and few ideas were exchanged.
- There will also be a number of consultation meetings held to discuss what residents would like to see done with the community space.
Synonyms
gathering, assembly, conference, congregation, convention, summit, forum, convocation, conclave, council of war
North American caucus
informal get-together
North American informal confab
1. 1.1Christian Church A gathering of people, especially Quakers, for worship.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He believed there would be a big impact on parking, already under pressure during the school run and from meetings in the local Quaker Meeting House.
  Although Quaker meetings are held in silence, individuals are allowed to speak, if genuinely moved by the spirit to do so.
  I've been a member of several Lutheran churches and have sat through many congregational meetings.
  Quaker meetings and Shabbat services are held regularly here on the farm.
  Most meetings for worship in those days were nothing but processions or groups of singers.
2. 1.2 An organized event at which a number of races or other sporting contests are held.
  an athletics meeting
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Renault Winter Championship meetings will also include races for the AVO Ginetta Cup cars.
  Both meetings were world championship qualifying rounds.
  The meeting also incorporates the final race of the Reebok Cross series and has attracted over 2000 runners.
  Barton faces a severe test, with the likes of Seebald and Fondmort among the opposition for an event which could well be the race of the meeting.
  And, because of a series of rained-off meetings, they have matches in hand on Poole, Wolverhampton and Ipswich.
  Crump had to win a race against the clock even to take part in the meeting.
  Each of the four first-round playoff meetings is a rematch from the regular season.
  With two meetings and four races to go the championship is too close to call.
  Aces teammate Jason Lyons is also in the meeting as a wild card and knows a good performance could seal his spot in the full series in 2003.
  Sale easily won the meeting and with one match to go have virtually guaranteed their place in the top flight after relegation last summer.
  After competing at three pool meetings against five other schools they qualified for the finals night.
  Racehorses die every day while providing pleasure and I'm afraid the magnification of such events during meetings like Aintree is a fact of life.
  When he was in Nathy's they did not get newspapers and did not know about upcoming events such as athletics meetings.
  The racing data list contains all the runners and riders for every race at a meeting.
  The BHB had used their power to fix the dates of meetings to stop racecourses organising their own fixtures.
  Neil Callan rides to victory in the last race of the day to leave the race for the meeting's top jockey wide open.
  UK Athletics states that if a UK record is to be valid, the competitor must pass a drugs test at the meeting that the record was set in.
  The Golden League consists of Europe's seven biggest single-day athletics meetings of the summer.
  Even before the rally, at meetings and events, they were everywhere.
  Last Sunday saw the opening meeting of the Young Athletes League at Pendle where Skyrac came fourth overall.
  Synonyms
  event, meet, rally, competition, match, game, contest
2A situation when two or more people meet, by chance or arrangement.
he intrigued her on their first meeting
Example sentencesExamples
- Whether it was a chance meeting or a planned meeting is not relevant to the point we were making.
- While there, I've met people I already knew by chance and had chance meetings with new people.
- Their meeting was chance when they happened to be walking in the same vicinity.
- Here, chance meetings and sexual encounters create a mood where anything can happen, even murder.
- Without conscious direction there are only chance meetings that create situations between separated beings.
- This is the perfect chance to end these meetings without offending her.
- They open up opportunities for fleeting or chance meetings.
- It took a couple more chance meetings before he actually asked me on a date, but he did and that was 7 years ago.
- The film is full of chance meetings, coincidences, romance and confused hearts.
- Diverse characters happen together either by chance or in arranged meetings.
- I never expect the chance meetings, yet I am always somewhere, at the same time as they are.
- Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation follows two wandering souls that connect through these very chance meetings.
- Those meetings give us a chance to see one another and to have coffee - and they keep us all together.
- The chance meeting is even more uncanny because Barbara had been searching for John on the internet last week to try to locate him in America.
- They didn't see each other very often, except for chance meetings at meal times, when they felt strong enough to go to the mess hall.
Synonyms
consultation, audience, interview
encounter, contact, introduction, appointment, assignation, rendezvous, tweetup
literary tryst

Phrases

a meeting of minds

An understanding or agreement between people.
I'm optimistic there'll be a meeting of minds and it can all be resolved
Example sentencesExamples
- Therefore we'll continue to do what we have to do and what needs to be done to try and have a meeting of minds to have the bills passed.
- It is everyone's guess whether the two adversaries will be able to reach a meeting of minds.
- It won't bring about a meeting of minds between Canadians and Americans based on a common conception of world politics.
- Where you have a meeting of minds on an issue of such gravity, differences of opinion over micro-economics and international trade melt into the background.
- I'm simply laying the foundation and doing the groundwork to see if there is a meeting of minds.
- Currently, there does not appear to be anything close to a meeting of minds in such matters.
- ‘It was not,’ says one witness to this extraordinary event, ‘what you might call a meeting of minds.’
- The age-old debate between science and art will come to a head this week when this innovative project challenges the two to a meeting of minds.
- It took a meeting of minds - involving organisations such as Scottish Enterprise, Historic Scotland, the local tourist board and the local authority - to kick-start a renaissance based on quality.
- It is a relationship, a coming together, a meeting of minds between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal people.
Synonyms
convergence, coming together, confluence, conjunction, union, junction, abutment, concourse, intersection, t-junction, crossing

Rhymes

beating, fleeting, greeting, Keating, self-defeating, sweeting

Definition of meeting in US English:

meeting

nounˈmēdiNGˈmidɪŋ

1An assembly of people, especially the members of a society or committee, for discussion or entertainment.
the early-dismissal policy will be discussed at our next meeting
Example sentencesExamples
- The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the merits of the former ambassador traveling to Niger.
- He had therefore been entitled to attend the area assembly meetings, often held in non-council buildings.
- There will also be a number of consultation meetings held to discuss what residents would like to see done with the community space.
- Health bosses held urgent meetings to decide how to cope with an expected surge in the number of patients over Easter.
- This might include breakfasts, lunches, formal meetings, client meetings and trial projects.
- It was the first time in 15 years they had held a formal meeting to discuss problems in the area.
- But some who attended the meeting felt their questions were yet to be answered.
- They also became focal points for group discussion and formal meetings.
- Council passed a motion that further questions on the sessions not be discussed again at council meetings.
- How can meetings and discussions solve a problem like this?
- The purpose of the meeting was to execute a legal document.
- Union officials have written to executives seeking an urgent meeting to discuss the matter.
- Please put these in writing, sign and place in the box at the back of the Church for discussion at the monthly meetings.
- Those meetings were very formal and few ideas were exchanged.
- The problem of cannabis is now a regular topic of discussion at meetings of the Swindon Association of Secondary Heads.
- They understood the purpose of the meeting was to discuss incorporating a new company.
- The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the set-up of a local Farmers Market planned for the near future.
- The actual discussion at meetings is not recorded formally, or contained in the minutes.
- She also hopes to visit Britain every few months to attend council meetings.
- The main item for discussion at the meeting was the guild's annual weekend outing.
Synonyms
gathering, assembly, conference, congregation, convention, summit, forum, convocation, conclave, council of war
1. 1.1Christian Church A gathering of people, especially Quakers, for worship.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most meetings for worship in those days were nothing but processions or groups of singers.
  Quaker meetings and Shabbat services are held regularly here on the farm.
  He believed there would be a big impact on parking, already under pressure during the school run and from meetings in the local Quaker Meeting House.
  Although Quaker meetings are held in silence, individuals are allowed to speak, if genuinely moved by the spirit to do so.
  I've been a member of several Lutheran churches and have sat through many congregational meetings.
2A coming together of two or more people, by chance or arrangement.
he intrigued her on their first meeting
Example sentencesExamples
- Diverse characters happen together either by chance or in arranged meetings.
- While there, I've met people I already knew by chance and had chance meetings with new people.
- Those meetings give us a chance to see one another and to have coffee - and they keep us all together.
- Without conscious direction there are only chance meetings that create situations between separated beings.
- It took a couple more chance meetings before he actually asked me on a date, but he did and that was 7 years ago.
- They open up opportunities for fleeting or chance meetings.
- Their meeting was chance when they happened to be walking in the same vicinity.
- The film is full of chance meetings, coincidences, romance and confused hearts.
- Whether it was a chance meeting or a planned meeting is not relevant to the point we were making.
- The chance meeting is even more uncanny because Barbara had been searching for John on the internet last week to try to locate him in America.
- This is the perfect chance to end these meetings without offending her.
- Here, chance meetings and sexual encounters create a mood where anything can happen, even murder.
- They didn't see each other very often, except for chance meetings at meal times, when they felt strong enough to go to the mess hall.
- Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation follows two wandering souls that connect through these very chance meetings.
- I never expect the chance meetings, yet I am always somewhere, at the same time as they are.
Synonyms
consultation, audience, interview
encounter, contact, introduction, appointment, assignation, rendezvous, tweetup

Phrases

a meeting of (the) minds

An understanding or agreement between people.
Example sentencesExamples
- It won't bring about a meeting of minds between Canadians and Americans based on a common conception of world politics.
- The age-old debate between science and art will come to a head this week when this innovative project challenges the two to a meeting of minds.
- ‘It was not,’ says one witness to this extraordinary event, ‘what you might call a meeting of minds.’
- It is everyone's guess whether the two adversaries will be able to reach a meeting of minds.
- I'm simply laying the foundation and doing the groundwork to see if there is a meeting of minds.
- Where you have a meeting of minds on an issue of such gravity, differences of opinion over micro-economics and international trade melt into the background.
- Currently, there does not appear to be anything close to a meeting of minds in such matters.
- Therefore we'll continue to do what we have to do and what needs to be done to try and have a meeting of minds to have the bills passed.
- It is a relationship, a coming together, a meeting of minds between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal people.
- It took a meeting of minds - involving organisations such as Scottish Enterprise, Historic Scotland, the local tourist board and the local authority - to kick-start a renaissance based on quality.
Synonyms
convergence, coming together, confluence, conjunction, union, junction, abutment, concourse, intersection, t-junction, crossing

单词	meeting
释义	Definition of meeting in English: meeting noun ˈmiːtɪŋˈmidɪŋ 1An assembly of people for a particular purpose, especially for formal discussion. we held an urgent meeting to discuss the response to the epidemic Example sentencesExamples The problem of cannabis is now a regular topic of discussion at meetings of the Swindon Association of Secondary Heads. How can meetings and discussions solve a problem like this? Health bosses held urgent meetings to decide how to cope with an expected surge in the number of patients over Easter. But some who attended the meeting felt their questions were yet to be answered. They also became focal points for group discussion and formal meetings. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the merits of the former ambassador traveling to Niger. The actual discussion at meetings is not recorded formally, or contained in the minutes. They understood the purpose of the meeting was to discuss incorporating a new company. The purpose of the meeting was to execute a legal document. Please put these in writing, sign and place in the box at the back of the Church for discussion at the monthly meetings. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the set-up of a local Farmers Market planned for the near future. Union officials have written to executives seeking an urgent meeting to discuss the matter. She also hopes to visit Britain every few months to attend council meetings. It was the first time in 15 years they had held a formal meeting to discuss problems in the area. He had therefore been entitled to attend the area assembly meetings, often held in non-council buildings. This might include breakfasts, lunches, formal meetings, client meetings and trial projects. Council passed a motion that further questions on the sessions not be discussed again at council meetings. The main item for discussion at the meeting was the guild's annual weekend outing. Those meetings were very formal and few ideas were exchanged. There will also be a number of consultation meetings held to discuss what residents would like to see done with the community space. Synonyms gathering, assembly, conference, congregation, convention, summit, forum, convocation, conclave, council of war North American caucus informal get-together North American informal confab 1.1Christian Church A gathering of people, especially Quakers, for worship. Example sentencesExamples He believed there would be a big impact on parking, already under pressure during the school run and from meetings in the local Quaker Meeting House. Although Quaker meetings are held in silence, individuals are allowed to speak, if genuinely moved by the spirit to do so. I've been a member of several Lutheran churches and have sat through many congregational meetings. Quaker meetings and Shabbat services are held regularly here on the farm. Most meetings for worship in those days were nothing but processions or groups of singers. 1.2 An organized event at which a number of races or other sporting contests are held. an athletics meeting Example sentencesExamples The Renault Winter Championship meetings will also include races for the AVO Ginetta Cup cars. Both meetings were world championship qualifying rounds. The meeting also incorporates the final race of the Reebok Cross series and has attracted over 2000 runners. Barton faces a severe test, with the likes of Seebald and Fondmort among the opposition for an event which could well be the race of the meeting. And, because of a series of rained-off meetings, they have matches in hand on Poole, Wolverhampton and Ipswich. Crump had to win a race against the clock even to take part in the meeting. Each of the four first-round playoff meetings is a rematch from the regular season. With two meetings and four races to go the championship is too close to call. Aces teammate Jason Lyons is also in the meeting as a wild card and knows a good performance could seal his spot in the full series in 2003. Sale easily won the meeting and with one match to go have virtually guaranteed their place in the top flight after relegation last summer. After competing at three pool meetings against five other schools they qualified for the finals night. Racehorses die every day while providing pleasure and I'm afraid the magnification of such events during meetings like Aintree is a fact of life. When he was in Nathy's they did not get newspapers and did not know about upcoming events such as athletics meetings. The racing data list contains all the runners and riders for every race at a meeting. The BHB had used their power to fix the dates of meetings to stop racecourses organising their own fixtures. Neil Callan rides to victory in the last race of the day to leave the race for the meeting's top jockey wide open. UK Athletics states that if a UK record is to be valid, the competitor must pass a drugs test at the meeting that the record was set in. The Golden League consists of Europe's seven biggest single-day athletics meetings of the summer. Even before the rally, at meetings and events, they were everywhere. Last Sunday saw the opening meeting of the Young Athletes League at Pendle where Skyrac came fourth overall. Synonyms event, meet, rally, competition, match, game, contest 2A situation when two or more people meet, by chance or arrangement. he intrigued her on their first meeting Example sentencesExamples Whether it was a chance meeting or a planned meeting is not relevant to the point we were making. While there, I've met people I already knew by chance and had chance meetings with new people. Their meeting was chance when they happened to be walking in the same vicinity. Here, chance meetings and sexual encounters create a mood where anything can happen, even murder. Without conscious direction there are only chance meetings that create situations between separated beings. This is the perfect chance to end these meetings without offending her. They open up opportunities for fleeting or chance meetings. It took a couple more chance meetings before he actually asked me on a date, but he did and that was 7 years ago. The film is full of chance meetings, coincidences, romance and confused hearts. Diverse characters happen together either by chance or in arranged meetings. I never expect the chance meetings, yet I am always somewhere, at the same time as they are. Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation follows two wandering souls that connect through these very chance meetings. Those meetings give us a chance to see one another and to have coffee - and they keep us all together. The chance meeting is even more uncanny because Barbara had been searching for John on the internet last week to try to locate him in America. They didn't see each other very often, except for chance meetings at meal times, when they felt strong enough to go to the mess hall. Synonyms consultation, audience, interview encounter, contact, introduction, appointment, assignation, rendezvous, tweetup literary tryst Phrases a meeting of minds An understanding or agreement between people. I'm optimistic there'll be a meeting of minds and it can all be resolved Example sentencesExamples Therefore we'll continue to do what we have to do and what needs to be done to try and have a meeting of minds to have the bills passed. It is everyone's guess whether the two adversaries will be able to reach a meeting of minds. It won't bring about a meeting of minds between Canadians and Americans based on a common conception of world politics. Where you have a meeting of minds on an issue of such gravity, differences of opinion over micro-economics and international trade melt into the background. I'm simply laying the foundation and doing the groundwork to see if there is a meeting of minds. Currently, there does not appear to be anything close to a meeting of minds in such matters. ‘It was not,’ says one witness to this extraordinary event, ‘what you might call a meeting of minds.’ The age-old debate between science and art will come to a head this week when this innovative project challenges the two to a meeting of minds. It took a meeting of minds - involving organisations such as Scottish Enterprise, Historic Scotland, the local tourist board and the local authority - to kick-start a renaissance based on quality. It is a relationship, a coming together, a meeting of minds between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal people. Synonyms convergence, coming together, confluence, conjunction, union, junction, abutment, concourse, intersection, t-junction, crossing Rhymes beating, fleeting, greeting, Keating, self-defeating, sweeting noun.1 phr. Definition of meeting in US English: meeting nounˈmēdiNGˈmidɪŋ 1An assembly of people, especially the members of a society or committee, for discussion or entertainment. the early-dismissal policy will be discussed at our next meeting Example sentencesExamples The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the merits of the former ambassador traveling to Niger. He had therefore been entitled to attend the area assembly meetings, often held in non-council buildings. There will also be a number of consultation meetings held to discuss what residents would like to see done with the community space. Health bosses held urgent meetings to decide how to cope with an expected surge in the number of patients over Easter. This might include breakfasts, lunches, formal meetings, client meetings and trial projects. It was the first time in 15 years they had held a formal meeting to discuss problems in the area. But some who attended the meeting felt their questions were yet to be answered. They also became focal points for group discussion and formal meetings. Council passed a motion that further questions on the sessions not be discussed again at council meetings. How can meetings and discussions solve a problem like this? The purpose of the meeting was to execute a legal document. Union officials have written to executives seeking an urgent meeting to discuss the matter. Please put these in writing, sign and place in the box at the back of the Church for discussion at the monthly meetings. Those meetings were very formal and few ideas were exchanged. The problem of cannabis is now a regular topic of discussion at meetings of the Swindon Association of Secondary Heads. They understood the purpose of the meeting was to discuss incorporating a new company. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the set-up of a local Farmers Market planned for the near future. The actual discussion at meetings is not recorded formally, or contained in the minutes. She also hopes to visit Britain every few months to attend council meetings. The main item for discussion at the meeting was the guild's annual weekend outing. Synonyms gathering, assembly, conference, congregation, convention, summit, forum, convocation, conclave, council of war 1.1Christian Church A gathering of people, especially Quakers, for worship. Example sentencesExamples Most meetings for worship in those days were nothing but processions or groups of singers. Quaker meetings and Shabbat services are held regularly here on the farm. He believed there would be a big impact on parking, already under pressure during the school run and from meetings in the local Quaker Meeting House. Although Quaker meetings are held in silence, individuals are allowed to speak, if genuinely moved by the spirit to do so. I've been a member of several Lutheran churches and have sat through many congregational meetings. 2A coming together of two or more people, by chance or arrangement. he intrigued her on their first meeting Example sentencesExamples Diverse characters happen together either by chance or in arranged meetings. While there, I've met people I already knew by chance and had chance meetings with new people. Those meetings give us a chance to see one another and to have coffee - and they keep us all together. Without conscious direction there are only chance meetings that create situations between separated beings. It took a couple more chance meetings before he actually asked me on a date, but he did and that was 7 years ago. They open up opportunities for fleeting or chance meetings. Their meeting was chance when they happened to be walking in the same vicinity. The film is full of chance meetings, coincidences, romance and confused hearts. Whether it was a chance meeting or a planned meeting is not relevant to the point we were making. The chance meeting is even more uncanny because Barbara had been searching for John on the internet last week to try to locate him in America. This is the perfect chance to end these meetings without offending her. Here, chance meetings and sexual encounters create a mood where anything can happen, even murder. They didn't see each other very often, except for chance meetings at meal times, when they felt strong enough to go to the mess hall. Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation follows two wandering souls that connect through these very chance meetings. I never expect the chance meetings, yet I am always somewhere, at the same time as they are. Synonyms consultation, audience, interview encounter, contact, introduction, appointment, assignation, rendezvous, tweetup Phrases a meeting of (the) minds An understanding or agreement between people. Example sentencesExamples It won't bring about a meeting of minds between Canadians and Americans based on a common conception of world politics. The age-old debate between science and art will come to a head this week when this innovative project challenges the two to a meeting of minds. ‘It was not,’ says one witness to this extraordinary event, ‘what you might call a meeting of minds.’ It is everyone's guess whether the two adversaries will be able to reach a meeting of minds. I'm simply laying the foundation and doing the groundwork to see if there is a meeting of minds. Where you have a meeting of minds on an issue of such gravity, differences of opinion over micro-economics and international trade melt into the background. Currently, there does not appear to be anything close to a meeting of minds in such matters. Therefore we'll continue to do what we have to do and what needs to be done to try and have a meeting of minds to have the bills passed. It is a relationship, a coming together, a meeting of minds between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal people. It took a meeting of minds - involving organisations such as Scottish Enterprise, Historic Scotland, the local tourist board and the local authority - to kick-start a renaissance based on quality. Synonyms convergence, coming together, confluence, conjunction, union, junction, abutment, concourse, intersection, t-junction, crossing noun.1 phr.
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