1
[ noun ] a formally arranged gathering

Examples

"next year the meeting will be in Chicago" "the meeting elected a chairperson"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Robert_Snodgrass , state GOP chairman , said a meeting held Tuesday night in Blue_Ridge brought enthusiastic responses from the audience .

In the Blue_Ridge meeting , the audience was warned that entering a candidate for governor would force it to take petitions out into voting_precincts to obtain the signatures of registered voters .

(The New York Times,...)

A formula to supply players for the new Minneapolis_Vikings and the problem of increasing the 1961 schedule to fourteen games will be discussed by National_Football_League owners at a meeting at the Hotel_Warwick today .

Other items on the agenda during the meetings , which are expected to continue through Saturday , concern television , rules changes , professional football 's hall_of_fame , players ' benefits and constitutional amendments .

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

These short , `` streamlined '' meetings usually are sponsored by local banks , Chambers_of_Commerce , trade associations , or other civic organizations .

2
[ noun ] a small informal social gathering

Synonyms

get_together

Examples

"there was an informal meeting in my livingroom"

Used in print

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

Andrei remembered a Bathyran meeting long_ago .

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

At their meeting he told her not to bother about `` where '' - he would attend to that .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

I set the hour of our meeting for seven .

All about me there was a hectic interplay of meetings taking_place , like abrupt , jerky scenes in old silent_movies , joyous greetings and beginnings , huggings and kissings , enthusiastic forays into the festive night .

3
[ noun ] the social act of assembling for some common purpose

Synonyms

coming_together

Examples

"his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"

Used in print

(Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)

Fearful of inviting a military showdown with the West which they could not win , the Communists seek to undermine Western power where the nuclear might of the West is irrelevant - in backwoods guerrilla skirmishes , in mob uprisings in the streets , in parliaments , in clandestine meetings of undercover conspirators , at the United_Nations , on the propaganda front , at diplomatic conferences - preferably at the highest level .

4
[ noun ] a casual or unexpected convergence

Synonyms

encounter

Examples

"he still remembers their meeting in Paris" "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

Parents will drive on Friday night to pick_up their daughters after a sorority or House Plan meeting .

(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)

She no_longer wanted anything about him to remind her of the circumstances of their meeting that first night in Parioli .

Related terms

convergence conjunction find

5
[ noun ] the act of joining together as one

Examples

"the merging of the two groups occurred quickly" "there was no meeting of minds"

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

Nearly twenty-five years before , Captain_John_Davis had noted , as he sailed near the Arctic_Circle , `` a very great gulf , the water whirling and roaring , as_it_were the meeting of tides '' .

Related terms

convergence concourse unify

6
[ noun ] a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

Synonyms

junction confluence

Examples

"Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"

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