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English

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Etymology 1

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    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.

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    meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)

    1. (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
      Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
    2. A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
      Synonym: powwow
      We need to have a meeting about that soon.
      • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
        In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said.
      • 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[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 March 2022:
        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.
    3. (collective) The people at such a gathering.
      What has the meeting decided.
    4. An encounter between people, even accidental.
      They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
    5. A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
      Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
    6. (rustic US, dated) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
      • 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, page 20:
        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.
    7. (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
      Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
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    • When "meeting" is used to mean a Quaker administrative group, it is often qualified by an indication of how often the group holds regular business meetings, such as "monthly meeting", "quarterly meeting", or "yearly meeting". When the qualifier is omitted, the term is assumed to mean monthly meeting.
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    Translations to be checked‌: "given as translations to non-existing sense "agreed upon event which happens at a specified time and place"
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    Etymology 2

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      From Middle English metynge, metinde, metand, from Old English mētende, *ġemētende, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), equivalent to meet +‎ -ing.

      Verb

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      meeting

      1. present participle and gerund of meet

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      Czech

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        Borrowed from English meeting.

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        Noun

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        meeting m inan

        1. meeting

        Declension

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        Declension of meeting (velar masculine inanimate)
        singular plural
        nominative meeting meetingy
        genitive meetingu meetingů
        dative meetingu meetingům
        accusative meeting meetingy
        vocative meetingu meetingy
        locative meetingu meetinzích
        instrumental meetingem meetingy

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        Dutch

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        Unadapted borrowing from English meeting.

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        meeting m (plural meetings, diminutive meetinkje n)

        1. (informal) meeting
          Synonym: vergadering
          Ik kon niet terugbellen, aangezien ik in een meeting zat. ― I couldn't call back, as I was in a meeting.

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        • Particularly used in office and business contexts.

        French

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        French Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia fr

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          Borrowed from English meeting.

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          meeting m (plural meetings)

          1. large, public gathering (not used in other senses of "meeting")
            un meeting aérien
            an air show

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          Italian

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          Etymology

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          Unadapted borrowing from English meeting.

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          meeting m (invariable)

          1. meeting (gathering of people for a purpose)
            Synonym: riunione

          References

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          1. ^ meeting in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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          Polish

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          Etymology

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            Unadapted borrowing from English meeting.

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            • IPA(key): /ˈmi.tiŋk/
            • Rhymes: -itiŋk
            • Syllabification: mee‧ting

            Noun

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            meeting m inan (related adjective meetingowy)

            1. (literary) alternative form of mityng

            Declension

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            Declension of meeting
            singular plural
            nominative meeting meetingi
            genitive meetingu meetingów
            dative meetingowi meetingom
            accusative meeting meetingi
            instrumental meetingiem meetingami
            locative meetingu meetingach
            vocative meetingu meetingi

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            • “meeting”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
            • “meeting”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)

            Portuguese

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            Alternative forms

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              Unadapted borrowing from English meeting.[1][2][3][4]

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              meeting m (plural meetings)

              1. conference (a formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means)
                Synonym: conferência
              2. meeting, gathering (a gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly)
                Synonym: encontro
              3. meet (a sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming)
                Synonym: prova

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              1. ^ “meeting”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
              2. ^ “meeting”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
              3. ^ “meeting”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
              4. ^ “meeting”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

              Spanish

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              Etymology

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              Etymology tree
              Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der.
              Proto-Germanic *mōtą
              Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
              Proto-Germanic *-janą
              Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną
              Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan
              Old English mētan
              Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?
              Proto-Indo-European *-nós
              Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
              Proto-Germanic *-īnaz
              Proto-Indo-European *-kos
              Proto-Germanic *-gaz
              ?
              Proto-Germanic *-ingaz
              Proto-West Germanic *-ing
              Old English -ing
              Old English mēting
              Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
              Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
              Proto-Germanic *ga-
              Proto-West Germanic *ga-
              Old English ġe-
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              Old English mēting
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              Proto-Germanic *ga-
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              Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną
              Proto-Germanic *gamōtijaną
              Old English ġemētan
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              Old English -ing
              Old English ġemēting
              Middle English meeting, meting
              English meetingubor.
              Spanish meeting

                Unadapted borrowing from English meeting. Doublet of mitin.

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                Noun

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                meeting m (plural meetings)

                1. meeting

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                According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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