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meet⋅ing

  [mee-ting]
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–noun
1. the act of coming together: a chance meeting in the park.
2. an assembly or conference of persons for a specific purpose: a ten o'clock business meeting.
3. the body of persons present at an assembly or conference: to read a report to the meeting.
4. a hostile encounter; duel.
5. an assembly for religious worship, esp. of Quakers.
6. meeting house.
7. a place or point of contact; junction; union: the meeting of two roads; the meeting of the waters.
—Idiom
8. take a meeting, Informal. to hold, conduct, or participate in a meeting: The producer took a meeting with the cast of the film.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see meet 1 , -ing 1

Synonyms:
1. encounter; confrontation; rendezvous.
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1  [meet] verb, met, meet⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.
2. to become acquainted with; be introduced to: I've never met your cousin.
3. to join at an agreed or designated place or time: Meet me in St. Louis.
4. to be present at the arrival of: to meet a train.
5. to come to or before (one's notice, or a means of noticing, as the eyes or ears): A peculiar sight met my eyes.
6. to come into the company of (a person, group, etc.) in dealings, conference, etc.
7. to face, eye, etc., directly or without avoidance.
8. to come into physical contact, juxtaposition, or collision with: The two cars met each other head-on at high speed.
9. to encounter in opposition, conflict, or contest: Harvard meets Yale next week in football.
10. to oppose: to meet charges with countercharges.
11. to cope or deal effectively with (an objection, difficulty, etc.).
12. to comply with; fulfill; satisfy: to meet a deadline; to meet a demand.
13. to pay in full: How will you meet expenses?
14. to come into conformity with (wishes, expectations, views, etc.).
15. to encounter in experience: to meet hostility.
–verb (used without object)
16. to come together, face to face, or into company: We met on the street.
17. to assemble for action, conference, or other common purpose, as a committee, legislature, or class: The board of directors will meet on Tuesday.
18. to become personally acquainted.
19. to come into contact or form a junction, as lines, planes, or areas: The two lines meet to form an angle.
20. to be conjoined or united.
21. to concur or agree.
22. to come together in opposition or conflict, as adversaries or hostile forces.
–noun
23. an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
24. those assembled.
25. the place of such an assembling.
26. Mathematics. intersection (def. 3a).
—Verb phrase
27. meet with,
a. to come across; encounter: to meet with opposition.
b. to experience; undergo; receive: The visitors met with courtesy during their stay.
c. to join, as for conference or instruction: I met with her an hour a day until we solved the problem.
—Idioms
28. meet halfway,
a. to concede in part, as to the demands of an opposing faction; make concessions, as to another person; compromise: Despite their differences, the union and the company finally agreed to meet halfway and settle their dispute.
b. to anticipate another's actions and conduct oneself accordingly.
29. well met, Archaic. welcome.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME meten, OE gemētan; c. ON mœta, OS mōtian. See moot 1

Related forms:
meeter, noun

Synonyms:
7. confront. 8. join, connect, intersect, cross, converge, unite. 17. collect. 23. contest, competition.

Antonyms:
17. adjourn, scatter. 19. diverge.
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meet 1   (mēt)   
v.   met (mět), meet·ing, meets

v.   tr.
  1. To come upon by chance or arrangement.
  2. To be present at the arrival of: met the train.
  3. To be introduced to.
  4. To come into conjunction with; join: where the sea meets the sky.
  5. To come into the company or presence of, as for a conference.
  6. To come to the notice of (the senses): There is more here than meets the eye.
  7. To experience; undergo: met his fate with courage.
  8. To deal with; oppose: "We have met the enemy and they are ours" (Oliver Hazard Perry).
  9. To cope or contend effectively with: meet each problem as it arises.
  10. To come into conformity with the views, wishes, or opinions of: The firm has done its best to meet us on that point.
  11. To satisfy (a need, for example); fulfill: meet all the conditions in the contract. See Synonyms at satisfy.
  12. To pay; settle: enough money to meet expenses.
v.   intr.
  1. To come together: Let's meet tonight.
  2. To come into conjunction; be joined: "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet" (Rudyard Kipling).
  3. To come together as opponents; contend.
  4. To become introduced.
  5. To assemble.
  6. To occur together, especially in one person or entity.
n.  A meeting or contest, especially an athletic competition.
Phrasal Verb(s):
meet with
  1. To experience or undergo.
  2. To receive: Our plan met with their approval.

Idiom(s):
meet (one's) Maker Slang To die.

Idiom(s):
meet (someone) halfwayTo make a compromise with.

[Middle English meten, from Old English mētan.]
meet·ing   (mē'tĭng)   
n.  
  1. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
  2. An assembly or gathering of people, as for a business, social, or religious purpose.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Meeting

Meet"ing\, n. 1. A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.

2. A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.

3. A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting.

4. An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.

Syn: Conference; assembly; company; convention; congregation; junction; confluence; union.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : meeting
Spanish: encuentro,
German: die Begegnung,
Japanese: 出会い
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