meeting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a formally arranged gathering
    group meeting.
    • next year the meeting will be in Chicago
    • the meeting elected a chairperson
  2. noun a small informal social gathering
    get together.
    • there was an informal meeting in my living room
  3. noun a casual or unexpected convergence
    encounter.
    • he still remembers their meeting in Paris
    • there was a brief encounter in the hallway
  4. noun the social act of assembling for some common purpose
    coming together.
    • his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day
  5. noun the act of joining together as one
    merging; coming together.
    • the merging of the two groups occurred quickly
    • there was no meeting of minds
  6. noun a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
    confluence.
    • Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
  7. verb come together
    see; come across; run into; meet; run across; encounter.
    • I'll probably see you at the meeting
    • How nice to see you again!
  8. verb get together socially or for a specific purpose
    meet; get together.
  9. verb be adjacent or come together
    meet; converge.
    • The lines converge at this point
  10. verb fill or meet a want or need
    satisfy; meet; fulfill; fulfil; fill.
  11. verb satisfy a condition or restriction
    meet; conform to; fit.
    • Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?
  12. verb satisfy or fulfill
    meet; cope with; match.
    • meet a need
    • this job doesn't match my dreams
  13. verb collect in one place
    assemble; meet; gather; forgather; foregather.
    • We assembled in the church basement
    • Let's gather in the dining room
  14. verb get to know; get acquainted with
    meet.
    • I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!
    • we met in Singapore
  15. verb meet by design; be present at the arrival of
    meet.
    • Can you meet me at the train station?
  16. verb contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
    take on; meet; play; encounter.
    • Princeton plays Yale this weekend
    • Charlie likes to play Mary
  17. verb experience as a reaction
    receive; meet; encounter.
    • My proposal met with much opposition
  18. verb undergo or suffer
    meet; suffer.
    • meet a violent death
    • suffer a terrible fate
  19. verb be in direct physical contact with; make contact
    touch; meet; contact; adjoin.
    • The two buildings touch
    • Their hands touched
    • The wire must not contact the metal cover
    • The surfaces contact at this point

WordNet

Meet"ing noun
Definitions
  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 1913