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meeting of minds

meeting of minds is the alternative form of meeting of the minds.

Meaning of meeting of the minds

Noun

meeting of the minds (plural meetings of the minds)

  1. (idiomatic) An agreement, especially one resulting from a gathering in which discussion or negotiation took place.
    • [E]xhausted negotiators pored over maps and drafts of a proposed agreement in smoke-filled Cairo hotel rooms, until the morning of the third day, when Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres proclaimed that the two sides had "reached a meeting of the minds."1994 January 10, Marguerite Michaels, “Borderline Breakthrough”, in Time
  2. Synonym of consensus ad idem (“agreement about the terms and subject matter of a contract between all involved parties”).

Forms of meeting of minds

pluralmeetings of minds

Questions about meeting of minds

What is meeting of minds the alternative form of?
Meeting of minds is the alternative form of meeting of the minds.

Words near meeting of minds in the dictionary

  1. meeting cute
  2. meeting halfway
  3. meeting house
  4. meeting houses
  5. Meeting Lake
  6. meeting of minds
  7. meeting of the mindless
  8. meeting of the minds
  9. meeting one's maker
  10. meeting one's match
  11. meeting one's Waterloo

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