meetin'

Noun

meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)

1. (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
   • Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
2. A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
   • We need to have a meeting about that soon.

   Synonyms:

   powwow

3. (collective) The people at such a gathering.
   • What has the meeting decided.
4. An encounter between people, even accidental.
   • They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
5. A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
   • Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
6. (dated, rustic US) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
   • 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.1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, page 20

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