meeting en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ (UK)
- /ˈmitɪŋ/ (US)
- (US) audio
- [ˈmiɾɪŋ] (US)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
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(countable, uncountable) 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)Before he left Glasgow on Tuesday to return to Washington on a late-evening flight, Mr. Biden hailed progress on multiple fronts from the second day of meetings with heads of state, including initiatives to reduce emissions from agriculture.
2021 November 2, Jim Tankersley, Katie Rogers, Lisa Friedman, quoting Joe Biden, “With Methane and Forest Deals, Climate Summit Offers Hope After Gloomy Start”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2022:
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(collective, countable, uncountable) The people at such a gathering.
What has the meeting decided.
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(countable, uncountable) An encounter between people, even accidental.
They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
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(countable, uncountable) A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
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(countable, dated, qualifier:rustic US, uncountable) 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:
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(Quakerism, countable, uncountable) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| meetings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
meeting of the minds · revival meeting · meeting of minds · select meeting · go-to-meeting · Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes · merry-meeting · meeting room · kick-off meeting · fanmeeting · area meeting · town meeting · virtual meeting · experience meeting · tent meeting · Meeting Lake · monster meeting · meetinglike · flag meeting · meeting seed · telemeeting · meeting house · meetingless · unmeeting · board meeting · premeeting · extraordinary general meeting · countermeeting · kickoff meeting · field meeting · tone meeting · midmeeting · meeting place · merrymeeting · overflow meeting · Sunday-go-to-meeting · meetingitis · mismeeting · kick off meeting · meeting of the mindless · submeeting · captive audience meeting · counter-meeting · topless meeting · watch meeting · postmeeting · meetinghouse · shareholders' meeting · meeting recovery syndrome · nonmeeting · approximeeting · stand-up meeting · e-meeting
Descendants
митинг · miting · mītings · míting · meeting · mitín · miting · miting · митинг · meeting · meetn · miting · miting · mitin · miting · miting · mitín · ми́тинг · 미팅 · mītiņš · miting · mitingas · ми́тингъ · meeting · miding · meeting · میتینگ · mítink · митинг · myting · meeting · meeting · mitin · ミーティング · میتینغ
Hyponyms
annual general meeting · board meeting · prayer meeting · race meeting · fringe meeting · monthly meeting
Synonyms
gathering · convocation · meet-up · rendezvous · powwow · assembly
Translations (336)
ky жыйылыш (gathering for a purpose) · nrf rêunion (gathering for a purpose) · fa-ira هَمایِش (gathering for a purpose) · ur بَیٹَھک (gathering for a purpose) · as মেল (gathering for a purpose) · fa-ira نِشَسْت (gathering for a purpose) · mk меѓа (place or instance of junction or intersection) · hu találkozás (action noun of the verb to meet) · bg сре́ща (action noun of the verb to meet) · de Zusammenkunft (encounter between people) · uz anjuman (gathering for a purpose) · ja 会合 (gathering for a purpose) · pt encontro (place or instance of junction or intersection) · gd coinneachadh (encounter between people) · gl reunión (gathering for a purpose) · hu tárgyalás (gathering for a purpose) · sh susret (gathering for a purpose) · sk stretnutie (encounter between people) · pdt Sitz (gathering for a purpose) · ga comhrac (place or instance of junction or intersection) · io asemblo (gathering for a purpose) · sq takim (action noun of the verb to meet) · ru встре́ча (action noun of the verb to meet) · cs shromáždění (gathering for a purpose) · uk зу́стріч (encounter between people) · tg ҳамоиш (gathering for a purpose) · mk средба (encounter between people) · ckb کۆبوونەوەb (gathering for a purpose) · ur اَنْجُمَن (gathering for a purpose) · fr rencontre (encounter between people) · lv tikšanās (encounter between people) · ar اِجْتِمَاع (gathering for a purpose) · ru заседа́ние (people at such a gathering) · sw kikao (gathering for a purpose) · ota درنك (gathering for a purpose) · cs schůze (gathering for a purpose) · pt reunião (gathering for a purpose) · be нара́да (gathering for a purpose) · az cələsə (gathering for a purpose) · mel miting (gathering for a purpose) · bn মজলিস (gathering for a purpose) · iba aum (gathering for a purpose) · ur مُلاقات (gathering for a purpose) · mn уулзалт (gathering for a purpose) · ga cruinniú (gathering for a purpose) · ms muktamar (gathering for a purpose) · cs zasedání (place or instance of junction or intersection) · sk schôdza (gathering for a purpose) · eu bilera (gathering for a purpose) · de Tagung (gathering for a purpose) · hu ülés (gathering for a purpose) · it incrocio (place or instance of junction or intersection) · ja 会 (encounter between people) · is fundur (gathering for a purpose) · sh сусрет (gathering for a purpose) · sa परिषद् (gathering for a purpose) · ko 만나기 (encounter between people) · ur سَبھا (gathering for a purpose) · pl spotkanie (gathering for a purpose) · ru пересече́ние (place or instance of junction or intersection) · ka სხდომა (gathering for a purpose) · la congregātiō (gathering for a purpose) · tg маҷлис (gathering for a purpose) · pt encontro (action noun of the verb to meet) · pdt Vesaumlunk (gathering for a purpose) · sk meeting (gathering for a purpose) · nl ontmoeting (gathering for a purpose) · sh sretaj (gathering for a purpose) · oc encontre (encounter between people) · vo kolköm (encounter between people) · fi palaveri (gathering for a purpose) · fi kokous (gathering for a purpose) · ur دِیدار (encounter between people) · az məclis (gathering for a purpose) · ko 만나기 (action noun of the verb to meet) · gl xunta (gathering for a purpose) · kk жиналыс (gathering for a purpose) · sk porada (gathering for a purpose) · de Treffpunkt (place or instance of junction or intersection) · de Sitzung (gathering for a purpose) · it incontro (encounter between people) · mfe renion (gathering for a purpose) · ja 出会い (encounter between people) · he פְּגִישָׁה (encounter between people) · ky жыйналыш (gathering for a purpose) · he הִתְכַּנְּסוּת (gathering for a purpose) · ro ședință (gathering for a purpose) · sv möte (encounter between people) · ug يىغىن (gathering for a purpose) · fi risteyskohta (place or instance of junction or intersection) · ckb ئەنجومەن (people at such a gathering) · ca reunió (gathering for a purpose) · vi gặp gỡ (action noun of the verb to meet) · ja 会議 (gathering for a purpose) · ca trobada (gathering of persons for a purpose) · oc reünion (gathering for a purpose) · sl posvet (gathering for a purpose) · io asemblajo (gathering for a purpose) · fa-ira اَنْجُمَن (people at such a gathering) · bn দিদার (encounter between people) · eu batzar (gathering for a purpose) · de Besprechung (gathering for a purpose) · ms miting (gathering for a purpose) · arz اِجْتِمَاع (gathering for a purpose) · ka შეხვედრა (gathering for a purpose) · hu összetalálkozás (encounter between people) · ru совеща́ние (gathering for a purpose) · eo kunsido (gathering of persons for a purpose) · gd coinneamh (gathering for a purpose) · hi भेंट (encounter between people) · ms pertemuan (gathering of persons for a purpose) · bg заседа́ние (gathering for a purpose) · fi kohtaaminen (action noun of the verb to meet) · tg мулоқот (gathering for a purpose) · fi sauma (place or instance of junction or intersection) · sw mkutano (gathering for a purpose) · es ayuntamiento (gathering for a purpose) · hi सभा (gathering for a purpose) · uk зу́стріч (gathering for a purpose) · ki mũcemanio (gathering for a purpose) · bn দীদার (encounter between people) · ms mesyuarat (gathering of persons for a purpose) · mr सभा (gathering for a purpose) · ur اَنْجُمَن (people at such a gathering) · cmn 會議 /会议 (gathering for a purpose) · ja ミーティング (gathering for a purpose) · ky собрание (gathering for a purpose) · fa-ira دیدار (encounter between people) · la concilium (gathering for a purpose) · hu találkozás (encounter between people) · cy cyfarfod (gathering for a purpose) · sa सभा (gathering for a purpose) · it riunione (gathering for a purpose) · fr réunion (gathering for a purpose) · fi tapaaminen (gathering for a purpose) · tg ҷамъомад (gathering for a purpose) · ms pertemuan (place or instance of junction or intersection) · gl encontro (encounter between people) · ms pertemuan (encounter between people) · bn ইজতেমা (gathering for a purpose) · kix vāu-îehìe (gathering for a purpose) · es encuentro (encounter between people) · ca trobada (action noun of the verb to meet) · az görüşmə (action noun of the verb to meet) · lv sastapšanās (encounter between people) · ms perjumpaan (encounter between people) · be пасяджэ́нне (gathering for a purpose) · kk мәжіліс (gathering for a purpose) · tg анҷуман (gathering for a purpose) · sk kontakt (place or instance of junction or intersection) · be сустрэ́ча (encounter between people) · ru собра́ние (gathering for a purpose) · hy հավաքույթ (gathering for a purpose) · it incontro (action noun of the verb to meet) · cs meeting (gathering for a purpose) · mk со́станок (gathering for a purpose) · nl meeting (gathering for a purpose) · ota اجتماع (gathering for a purpose) · de Begegnung (encounter between people) · ota انجمن (gathering for a purpose) · az müşavirə (people at such a gathering) · cs shromáždění (place or instance of junction or intersection) · nl vergadering (gathering for a purpose) · sq mbledh (action noun of the verb to meet) · bdr miting (gathering for a purpose) · az iclas (gathering for a purpose) · de Teilnehmer (people at such a gathering) · mk со́бир (gathering for a purpose) · ky чогулуш (gathering for a purpose) · ia incontro (encounter between people) · nb møte (gathering for a purpose) · he פְּגִישָׁה (action noun of the verb to meet) · ka კრება (gathering for a purpose) · lt susitikimas (encounter between people) · fi yhtymäkohta (place or instance of junction or intersection) · es conciliábulo (gathering for a purpose) · eo kunveno (gathering for a purpose) · sh сретај (gathering for a purpose) · el σύσκεψη (gathering for a purpose) · ms temu (action noun of the verb to meet) · el συνάντηση (encounter between people) · cs mítink (gathering for a purpose) · ru стык (place or instance of junction or intersection) · unm maehëlan (gathering of persons for a purpose) · acw اِجْتِمَاع (gathering for a purpose) · lo ກອງປະຊຸມ (gathering for a purpose) · grc σύνοδος (gathering for a purpose) · bn আঞ্জুমান (people at such a gathering) · ko 회의 (gathering for a purpose) · sv sammanträde (gathering for a purpose) · gl xuntanza (people at such a gathering) · fa-ira مُلاقات (gathering for a purpose) · txb wertsiya (gathering for a purpose) · tr toplantı (gathering for a purpose) · ca quedada (gathering of persons for a purpose) · km កិច្ចប្រជុំ (gathering for a purpose) · ky жыйын (gathering for a purpose) · hu csatlakozás (place or instance of junction or intersection) · mr बैठक (gathering for a purpose) · id pertemuan (encounter between people) · fi kokous (people at such a gathering) · ota مجلس (gathering for a purpose) · ota محفل (gathering for a purpose) · vi hội họp (gathering for a purpose) · io renkontro (encounter between people) · cs účastníci (people at such a gathering) · ota جمعیت (gathering for a purpose) · hu megbeszélés (gathering for a purpose) · de Versammlung (gathering for a purpose) · nl vergadering (people at such a gathering) · uz yigʻilish (gathering for a purpose) · eo seanco (gathering of persons for a purpose) · sa मिलन (encounter between people) · hi बैठक (gathering for a purpose) · haw hālāwai (gathering for a purpose) · pt reunidos (people at such a gathering) · ms jumpa (action noun of the verb to meet) · pl mityng (gathering for a purpose) · ru заседа́ние (gathering for a purpose) · el συνεδρίαση (gathering for a purpose) · az cələsə (people at such a gathering) · be сустрэ́ча (gathering for a purpose) · de Zusammenkunft (action noun of the verb to meet) · tr dernek (gathering for a purpose) · cs setkání (encounter between people) · de Treffen (action noun of the verb to meet) · uk збо́ри (gathering for a purpose) · es encuentro (action noun of the verb to meet) · hu értekezlet (gathering for a purpose) · fa-ira مَجْلِس (gathering for a purpose) · uk засі́дання (gathering for a purpose) · hi सम्मेलन (gathering for a purpose) · bg събра́ние (gathering for a purpose) · es junta (gathering for a purpose) · hi मिलन (encounter between people) · sh срет (gathering for a purpose) · ar لِقَاء (action noun of the verb to meet) · uk зу́стріч (action noun of the verb to meet) · hy ժողով (gathering for a purpose) · grc συμβολή (encounter between people) · de Beratung (gathering for a purpose) · cs schůze (place or instance of junction or intersection) · az müşavirə (gathering for a purpose) · bg сре́ща (gathering for a purpose) · hu tanácskozás (gathering for a purpose) · la occursus (encounter between people) · pl meeting (gathering for a purpose) · zdj mhondrano (encounter between people) · ko 회합 (gathering for a purpose) · my အစည်းအဝေး (gathering for a purpose) · cs zasedání (gathering for a purpose) · nl trefpunt (place or instance of junction or intersection) · de Zusammenkunft (gathering for a purpose) · hu találkozás (place or instance of junction or intersection) · az məclis (people at such a gathering) · be сход (gathering for a purpose) · hi भेंट (action noun of the verb to meet) · cy cyfarfod (encounter between people) · uz majlis (gathering for a purpose) · cs shromáždění (people at such a gathering) · az görüş (encounter between people) · ru совеща́ние (people at such a gathering) · hi अधिवेशन (gathering for a purpose) · sk spoj (place or instance of junction or intersection) · el συνάντηση (gathering for a purpose) · nl bijeenkomst (gathering for a purpose) · th การประชุม (gathering for a purpose) · hu találkozó (gathering for a purpose) · sl srečanje (encounter between people) · br bodadeg (gathering for a purpose) · arz ميتينج (gathering for a purpose) · he יְשִׁיבָה (gathering for a purpose) · sl zmenek (gathering for a purpose) · tg нишаст (gathering for a purpose) · bn আঞ্জুমান (gathering for a purpose) · ur نِشَسْت (gathering for a purpose) · la contiō (gathering for a purpose) · ar مُلَاقَاة (encounter between people) · gl asemblea (people at such a gathering) · da møde (gathering for a purpose) · cy cyfarfod (people at such a gathering) · as সভা (gathering for a purpose) · id pertemuan (gathering for a purpose) · fr rencontre (gathering for a purpose) · te సమావేశం (encounter between people) · ru встре́ча (gathering for a purpose) · ar مُلَاقَاة (action noun of the verb to meet) · ms mesyuarat (gathering for a purpose) · ru встре́ча (encounter between people) · ar مَجْلِس (gathering for a purpose) · de Versammlung (people at such a gathering) · he פְּגִישָׁה (gathering for a purpose) · pt encontro (encounter between people) · sk míting (gathering for a purpose) · yo ìpàdé (gathering for a purpose) · fr rencontre (action noun of the verb to meet) · sh sùsret (encounter between people) · et kohtumine (encounter between people) · ca trobada (encounter between people) · fa-ira اَنْجُمَن (gathering for a purpose) · ka თათბირი (gathering for a purpose) · be сустрэ́ча (action noun of the verb to meet) · sl srečanje (gathering for a purpose) · tly جلسه (gathering for a purpose) · nl samenkomst (place or instance of junction or intersection) · hi सदस्य (people at such a gathering) · az iclas (people at such a gathering) · nl ontmoeting (encounter between people) · hu érintkezés (place or instance of junction or intersection) · gl xuntanza (gathering for a purpose) · sq mbledhje (gathering for a purpose) · bg сре́ща (encounter between people) · cmn 偶遇 (encounter between people) · gl xuntoiro (people at such a gathering) · lo ການປະຊຸມ (gathering for a purpose) · ca reunió (people at such a gathering) · sv möte (gathering for a purpose) · alt јуун (gathering for a purpose) · io kunveno (gathering for a purpose) · fa-ira بَرْخورْد (encounter between people) · yue 會議 /会议 (gathering for a purpose) · fi tapaaminen (action noun of the verb to meet) · ar مُقَابَلَة (encounter between people) · sh су̀срет (encounter between people) · ru собра́ние (people at such a gathering) · hu résztvevők (people at such a gathering) · vi hội nghị (gathering for a purpose) · nn møte (gathering for a purpose) · es encuentro (gathering for a purpose) · kaw tĕmu (action noun of the verb to meet) · de Treffen (encounter between people) · sh sret (gathering for a purpose) · fi tapaaminen (encounter between people) · cmn 遇見 /遇见 (encounter between people) · hu gyűlés (gathering for a purpose) · es reunión (gathering for a purpose)