meeting
pronunciation
How to pronounce meeting in British English:
UK [ˈmiːtɪŋ]
How to pronounce meeting in American English:
US [ˈmiːtɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a formally arranged gathering
- the social act of assembling for some common purpose
- a small informal social gathering
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- the act of joining together as one
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
Word Origin
- meeting (n.)
- "action of coming together," Old English gemeting, verbal noun from meet (v.). Meaning "gathering of people for discussion, etc." is from 1510s. In 17c., it was applied generally to worship assemblies of nonconformists, but this now is retained mostly by Quakers.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The clincher was bates 's meeting with andreessen . "
- 2. A surefire way to kill a meeting ?
- 3. Jobs was famous for taking meetings on foot , especially when he was meeting people for the first time .
- 4. I first met stephen covey in 2001 , when he asked for a meeting to talk about ideas .
- 5. That meeting was where elon and kimbal got their first investment .