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meetings of the minds

meetings of the minds is the plural 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”).

Questions about meetings of the minds

What is meetings of the minds the plural of?
Meetings of the minds is the plural of meeting of the minds.

Words near meetings of the minds in the dictionary

  1. meetingplace
  2. meetingplaces
  3. meetings
  4. meetings of minds
  5. meetings of the mindless
  6. meetings of the minds
  7. meetly
  8. meetness
  9. meetnesses
  10. meets
  11. meets a sticky end

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