meeting

See also: Meeting

English

Etymology

From meet +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːtɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmitɪŋ/, [ˈmiɾɪŋ]

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
• Homophone: meting

Noun

meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)

1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to meet.
2. A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.

   We need to have a meeting about that soon.

3. The people at such a gathering, as a collective.

   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.

   Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

6. (rural US, dated) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
   • 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, p. 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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

• assembly
• convocation
• gathering

Derived terms

Terms derived from meeting (noun)

• annual general meeting
• board meeting
• meetinghouse
• meeting of the minds

• meeting place
• meeting room
• monthly meeting

• prayer meeting
• race meeting
• Sunday-go-to-meeting

Descendants

Descendants of meeting in other languages

• Belizean Creole: meetn
• Bislama: miting
• → Catalan: míting
• → Crimean Tatar: miting
• → French: meeting
• → Galician: mitin
• → Italian: meeting
• Krio: meeting
• → Kriol: miding, miting

• Pijin: miting
• → Portuguese: meeting
• → Russian: ми́тинг (míting)
• → Serbo-Croatian: miting / митинг
• → Spanish: mitin, mitín
• → Tagalog: miting
• Tok Pisin: miting
• Torres Strait Creole: miting

Translations

action noun of the verb to meet

• Finnish: kohtaaminen (fi), tapaaminen (fi)

• Russian: встре́ча (ru) f (vstréča)

gathering for a purpose

• Arabic: اِجْتِمَاع‎‎ (ar) m (ijtimāʿ), مَجْلِس‎‎ m (majlis)

  Egyptian Arabic: اِجْتِمَاع‎‎ m (egtimāʿ), ميتينج‎‎ m (mīting)

• Armenian: հավաքույթ (hy) (havakʿuytʿ), ժողով (hy) (žołov)
• Assamese: মেল (mel), সভা (xobha)
• Basque: bilera (eu), batzar
• Belarusian: сход m (sxod), сустрэ́ча f (sustréča), нара́да f (naráda), пасяджэ́нне n (pasjadžénnje)
• Breton: bodadeg (br) f
• Bulgarian: събра́ние (bg) n (sǎbránie), заседа́ние (bg) n (zasedánie), сре́ща (bg) f (sréšta)
• Catalan: reunió (ca) f
• Central Melanau: miting
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會議 (zh), 会议 (zh) (huìyì)

• Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
• Danish: møde (da) n
• Dutch: bijeenkomst (nl) f, beraad (nl) n, overleg (nl) n, ontmoeting (nl), samenkomst (nl), vergadering (nl) f, zitting (nl) f, treffen (nl) n
• Esperanto: kunveno
• Finnish: kokous (fi), palaveri (fi)
• French: réunion (fr) f
• Georgian: სხდომა (sxdoma), კრება (ḳreba), შეხვედრა (šexvedra), თათბირი (ka) (tatbiri)
• German: Versammlung (de) f, Besprechung (de) f, Sitzung (de), Beratung (de), Zusammenkunft (de) f, Tagung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: σύνοδος f (súnodos)

• Hindi: बैठक (hi) (baiṭhak), सभा (hi) f (sabhā), मीटिंग (hi) f (mīṭiṅg)
• Hungarian: találkozó (hu), megbeszélés (hu), tárgyalás (hu)
• Iban: aum
• Ido: asemblo (io), asemblajo (io), kunveno (io)
• Indonesian: pertemuan (id)
• Irish: cruinniú

• Italian: riunione (it) f
• Japanese: 会合 (かいごう, kaigō), ミーティング (mītingu), 会議 (ja) (かいぎ, kaigi)
• Korean: 회합 (ko) (hoehap), 회의 (ko) (hoe-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کۆبوونه‌وه‌‎‎ (kobunewe)

• Latin: congregatio f, contio f
• Macedonian: со́бир m (sóbir), со́станок m (sóstanok)
• Malay: mesyuarat, miting
• Norman: rêunion f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: møte (no) n

  Nynorsk: møte n

• Persian: نشست‎‎ (fa) (nešast), همایش‎‎ (fa) (hamâyeš)
• Polish: spotkanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: reunião (pt) f
• Romanian: ședință (ro)
• Russian: собра́ние (ru) n (sobránije), встре́ча (ru) f (vstréča), совеща́ние (ru) n (soveščánije), заседа́ние (ru) n (zasedánije)
• Sanskrit: सभा (sa) (sabhā)
• Scottish Gaelic: coinneamh f
• Serbo-Croatian: sret m, sretaj m, susret (sh) m
• Spanish: reunión (es) f, junta (es) f, mitin (es) m
• Swahili: mkutano (sw)
• Swedish: möte (sv) n
• Talysh: جلسه‎‎ (jalasa) (Asalem dialect)
• Ukrainian: збо́ри m pl (zbóry), зу́стріч f (zústrič), засі́дання n (zasídannja)
• Urdu: بیٹھک‎‎ (baiṭhak), سبھا‎‎ (sabhā)
• Vietnamese: hội nghị (vi), hội họp (vi)

people at such a gathering

• Catalan: reunió (ca) f
• Czech: shromáždění (cs) n, účastníci (cs) pl, m
• Dutch: vergadering (nl) f
• Finnish: kokous (fi)
• German: Versammlung (de) f, Teilnehmer (de) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئه‌نجومه‌ن‎‎ (ku) (ancumen)

• Persian: انجمن‎‎ (fa) (anjoman)
• Portuguese: reunidos m pl
• Russian: собра́ние (ru) n (sobránije), совеща́ние (ru) n (soveščánije), заседа́ние (ru) n (zasedánije)

encounter between people

• Catalan: trobada (ca) f
• Czech: setkání (cs) n
• Dutch: ontmoeting (nl) f
• Finnish: tapaaminen (fi)
• French: rencontre (fr) f
• German: Treffen (de) n, Zusammenkunft (de) f, Begegnung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: συμβολή f (sumbolḗ)

• Hebrew: פגישה‎‎ (he) f (pgishá)
• Hindi: मिलन (hi) (milan)
• Hungarian: találkozás (hu)
• Ido: renkontro (io)
• Indonesian: pertemuan (id)
• Interlingua: incontro
• Italian: incontro (it)

• Japanese: 会 (ja) (かい, kai)
• Latin: occursus m
• Macedonian: средба f (srédba)
• Ngazidja Comorian: mhondrano class 3/4
• Persian: برخورد‎‎ (fa) (barxord), دیدار‎‎ (fa) (didâr)
• Portuguese: encontro (pt) m
• Russian: встре́ча (ru) f (vstréča)
• Sanskrit: मिलन (sa) (milana)
• Scottish Gaelic: coinneachadh m
• Slovene: srečanje n
• Spanish: encuentro (es) m
• Swedish: möte (sv) n
• Telugu: సమావేశం (samāvēśaṃ)
• Volapük: kolköm (vo)

place or instance of junction or intersection

• Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
• Dutch: samenkomst (nl) f, ontmoetingsplaats (nl) f, raakpunt (nl) n, raakvlak (nl) n
• Finnish: sauma (fi), yhtymäkohta (fi), risteyskohta (place)
• German: Treffpunkt (de) m
• Hungarian: találkozás (hu)

• Italian: incrocio (it)
• Macedonian: меѓа f (méǵa)
• Portuguese: encontro (pt) m
• Russian: стык (ru) m (styk), пересече́ние (ru) n (peresečénije)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "given as translations to non-existing sense "agreed upon event which happens at a specified time and place"

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} schůze (cs) n, ^{(please verify)} shromáždění (cs) n, ^{(please verify)} zasedání (cs) n
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} afspraak (nl)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Treffen (de) n
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} פגישה‎‎ (he) f (pgishá), ^{(please verify)} ישיבה‎‎ (he) f (yeshivá)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} reunion
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} riunione (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ^{(please verify)} کۆبونه‌وه‌‎‎ (kobunewe)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} møte (no) n

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} møte n

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} ședință (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} coinneamh f
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} sestanek m, ^{(please verify)} srečanje n
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సమావేశం (samāvēśaṃ)
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} kobükam (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "given as translations to non-existing sense "gathering among business people to discuss their business""

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} schůze (cs) n, ^{(please verify)} shromáždění (cs) n, ^{(please verify)} zasedání (cs) n
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} vergadering (nl) f
• French: ^{(please verify)} réunion (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Sitzung (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Besprechung (de) f
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} פגישה‎‎ (he) f (pgishá), ^{(please verify)} ישיבה‎‎ (he) f (yeshivá)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} tárgyalás (hu)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} rapat (id)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} meeting
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} riunione (it) f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 会議 (ja) (かいぎ, kaigi), ^{(please verify)} ミーティング (mītingu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ^{(please verify)} کۆبونه‌وه‌‎‎ (kobunewe)

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} rêunion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} møte (no) n

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} møte n

• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} coinneamh f
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} sestanek m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} reunión (es) f, ^{(please verify)} mitin (es) m, ^{(please verify)} mítin m (Latin America), ^{(please verify)} junta (es) f
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సమావేశం (samāvēśaṃ)
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} büsidakolköm

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "other"

• Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} görüş (az)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} ประชุม (th) (bpràchoom), ^{(please verify)} การสังสรรค์ (th) (gaan săngsăn)

• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} cyfarfod (cy)

Verb

meeting

1. present participle of meet

Anagrams

• teeming

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Czech

Alternative forms

• mítink

Noun

meeting m

1. meeting

Further reading

• meeting in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• meeting in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English meeting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.tiŋ/

Noun

meeting m (plural meetings)

1. large, public gathering (not used in other senses of "meeting")

   un meeting aérien

   an air show

Further reading

• “meeting” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English meeting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tinɡ/, [ˈmiːt̪iŋɡ]
• Hyphenation: mee‧ting

Noun

meeting m (invariable)

1. meeting (gathering of people for a purpose)

   Synonym: riunione

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Spanish

Noun

meeting m (plural meetings)

1. meeting