meeting
UK/ˈmiːtɪŋ//ˈmitɪŋ/
meeting noun: the act of persons or things that meet. Also the present participle and gerund of meet.
Noun
meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)
- The act of persons or things that meet.
- Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- 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.2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Synonyms:
- powwow
- The people at such a gathering.
- What has the meeting decided.
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
- Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
- 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
- An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
- Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
Also used as
meeting is also the present participle and gerund of meet.
meeting meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
meeting in Hindi
- gathering for a purpose
- बैठक baiṭhak, सभा sabhā, सम्मेलन sammelan, अधिवेशन adhiveśan
- people at such a gathering
- सदस्य sadasya
- encounter between people
- मिलन milan, भेंट bhẽṭ
- action noun of the verb to meet
- भेंट bhẽṭ
meeting in Tamil
- கூட்டம், சந்திப்பு
meeting in Marathi
- gathering for a purpose
- बैठक baiṭhak, सभा sabhā
meeting in Urdu
- gathering for a purpose
- بَیٹَھک baiṭhak, سَبھا sabhā, اَنْجُمَن anjuman, نِشَسْت niśast, مُلاقات mulāqāt
- people at such a gathering
- اَنْجُمَن anjuman
- encounter between people
- دِیدار dīdār
More languagesFewer languages
- meeting in Bengali
- মজলিস mojoliś, ইজতেমা ijtema, আঞ্জুমান anjuman, দিদার didar
- meeting in Telugu
- సమావేశం samāvēśaṁ
- meeting in Malayalam
- യോഗം, മീറ്റിംഗ്, കൂടിക്കാഴ്ച
- meeting in Kannada
- ಸಭೆ
- meeting in Punjabi
- ਮੀਟਿੰਗ
- meeting in Gujarati
- બેઠક, મીટિંગ
- meeting in Odia
- ବୈଠକ
- meeting in Sanskrit
- सभा sabhā, परिषद् pariṣad, मिलन milana
- meeting in Assamese
- মেল mel, সভা xobha
- meeting in Nepali
- बैठक, भेटवार्ता
- meeting in Arabic
- اِجْتِمَاع ijtimāʕ, مَجْلِس majlis, مُلَاقَاة mulāqāh, مُقَابَلَة muqābala
- meeting in Malay
- pertemuan, mesyuarat, miting, muktamar
- meeting in Indonesian
- pertemuan
- meeting in Thai
- การประชุม gaan-bprà-chum
- meeting in Vietnamese
- hội nghị, hội họp, gặp gỡ
- meeting in Myanmar
- အစည်းအဝေး a.cany:a.we:
Examples of meeting in a sentence
- There had been words between him and the secretary about the outcome of the meeting.
- During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table.
- At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.
Synonyms of meeting
Forms of meeting
| plural | meetings |
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Origin of meeting
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”), Middle Low German mö̂tinge (“meeting”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.
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.
Words formed from meeting
- approximeeting
- area meeting
- board meeting
- captive audience meeting
- countermeeting
- counter-meeting
- e-meeting
- experience meeting
- extraordinary general meeting
- fanmeeting
- field meeting
- flag meeting
- go-to-meeting
- kick-off meeting
- kick off meeting
- kickoff meeting
- meetinghouse
- meeting house
- meetingitis
- Meeting Lake
- meetingless
- meetinglike
- meeting of the mindless
- meeting of the minds
- meeting of minds
- meeting place
- meeting recovery syndrome
- meeting room
- meeting seed
- merry-meeting
- merrymeeting
- midmeeting
- mismeeting
- monster meeting
- nonmeeting
- overflow meeting
- postmeeting
- premeeting
- revival meeting
- select meeting
- shareholders' meeting
- stand-up meeting
- submeeting
- Sunday-go-to-meeting
- Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
- telemeeting
- tent meeting
- tone meeting
- topless meeting
- town meeting
- unmeeting
- virtual meeting
- watch meeting
Phrases with meeting
Words that rhyme with meeting
Questions about meeting
- What does meeting mean?
- Meeting means the act of persons or things that meet.
- What is meeting in Hindi?
- Meeting in Hindi is बैठक (baiṭhak), सभा (sabhā), सम्मेलन (sammelan). See Meeting meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is meeting?
- Meeting is a noun.
- How do you pronounce meeting?
- Meeting is pronounced /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of meeting?
- The plural of meeting is meetings.
Words near meeting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: meeting (page history and authors); meeting (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meeting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meeting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meeting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meeting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meeting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meeting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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