counter-meeting
counter-meeting is the present participle and gerund of counter-meet.
counter-meeting is the alternative form of countermeeting.
Meaning of counter-meet
Noun
counter-meet (plural counter-meets)
- A meet organized in response to or in opposition of another meet.
- The Indian side had obtained very short notice of the Pakistani press meet. In a hurriedly convened counter-meet the usually restrained Indian foreign secretary, K. Raghunath, countered in unusually harsh terms.1998, Business India - Issues 530-536, page 41
Meaning of countermeeting
Noun
countermeeting (plural countermeetings)
- A meeting organised in response to another meeting.
- Steven M. Lonegan, from the conservative wing of the Republican Party and a former candidate for governor, has started to organize countermeetings, and last week he convened a teleconference with Senate Minority Leader Thomas H. Kean Jr. and Assemblyman Michael J. Doherty to further his cause.2008 February 3, David W. Chen, “As Corzine Lines Up Allies for Toll Plan, Republicans Push Back”, in New York Times
Forms of counter-meeting
| plural | counter-meetings |
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Origin of counter-meeting
From counter-meet + -ing.
From counter- + meeting.
Questions about counter-meeting
- What is counter-meeting the present participle and gerund of?
- Counter-meeting is the present participle and gerund of counter-meet.
Words near counter-meeting in the dictionary
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