meeting
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See also: Meeting
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtɪŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtɪŋ/, [ˈmiːɾɪŋ]
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
- Homophone: meting
Verb[edit]
meeting
Noun[edit]
meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to meet.
- A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.
- We need to have a meeting about that soon.
- The people at such a gathering, as a collective.
- What has the meeting decided.
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
- A place or instance of junction or intersection.
- Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
- (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.
- 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, p. 20:
- (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
- Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
Usage notes[edit]
- 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from meeting (noun)
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
action noun of the verb to meet
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gathering for a purpose
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people at such a gathering
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encounter between people
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place or instance of junction or intersection
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Descendants[edit]
Statistics[edit]
Most common English words before 1923: physical · spring · troops · #897: meeting · corner · spite · built
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
meeting m
External links[edit]
- meeting in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- meeting in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from English meeting.
Noun[edit]
meeting m (plural meetings)
External links[edit]
- “meeting” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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