Word definition: meeting

Etimology


From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet +‎ -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.

noun


meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)

(gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.

A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.

(collective) The people at such a gathering.

An encounter between people, even accidental.

A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.

(rustic US, dated) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.

(Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Examples


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

We need to have a meeting about that soon.

In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said. Audio

Audio

What has the meeting decided.

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

Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

You use ta give a good meetin'. I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.

Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.

Related words


synonyms

assembly

convocation

gathering

meet-up

hyponyms

annual general meeting

board meeting

fringe meeting

monthly meeting

prayer meeting

race meeting

Etimology


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.

verb


meeting

present participle and gerund of meet

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