meeting
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtɪŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmitɪŋ/, [ˈmiɾɪŋ]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
- Homophone: meting
Etymology 1[edit]
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”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.
Noun[edit]
meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)
- (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
- Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- 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.
Audio (US) (file)
- In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said.
- (collective) The people at such a gathering.
- 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; a confluence.
- 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, 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.
- (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.
Synonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- board meeting
- counter-meeting
- experience meeting
- extraordinary general meeting
- field meeting
- flag meeting
- kickoff meeting
- kick off meeting
- kick-off meeting
- meetinghouse
- meeting house
- meeting of minds
- meeting of the minds
- meeting place
- meeting room
- meeting seed
- overflow meeting
- select meeting
- shareholders' meeting
- Sunday-go-to-meeting
- tone meeting
- watch meeting
Descendants[edit]
- Belizean Creole: meetn
- → Bulgarian: митинг (miting)
- Bislama: miting
- → Catalan: míting
- → Crimean Tatar: miting
- → Czech: meeting, mítink
- → French: meeting
- → Galician: mitin
- → Italian: meeting
- → Japanese: ミーティング
- Krio: meeting
- → Kriol: miding, miting
- → Macedonian: митинг (miting)
- → Ottoman Turkish: میتینغ (miting)
- Turkish: miting
- Pijin: miting
- → Polish: myting
- → Portuguese: meeting
- → Russian: ми́тинг (míting), ми́тингъ (míting)
- → Serbo-Croatian: miting / митинг
- → Spanish: meeting, mitin, mitín
- → Tagalog: miting
- Tok Pisin: miting
- Torres Strait Creole: miting
Translations[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
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[edit]
meeting
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English meeting.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
meeting m inan
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- meeting in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- meeting in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- meeting in Internetová jazyková příručka
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English meeting.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
meeting m (plural meetings)
Further reading[edit]
- “meeting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “meeting” in Cordial.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English meeting.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
meeting m (invariable)
References[edit]
- ^ meeting in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English meeting, from Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
meeting m inan
- Alternative spelling of mityng.
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | meeting | meetingi |
genitive | meetingu | meetingów |
dative | meetingowi | meetingom |
accusative | meeting | meetingi |
instrumental | meetingiem | meetingami |
locative | meetingu | meetingach |
vocative | meetingu | meetingi |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- meeting in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- meeting in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mítingue (prescriptive)
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English meeting.[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
meeting m (plural meetings)
- conference (a formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means)
- Synonym: conferência
- meeting, gathering (a gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly)
- Synonym: encontro
- meet (a sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming)
- Synonym: prova
References[edit]
- ^ “meeting” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- ^ “meeting” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ “meeting” in iDicionário Aulete.
- ^ “meeting” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English meeting. Doublet of mitin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
meeting m (plural meetings)
Usage notes[edit]
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.
- English 2-syllable words
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- American English
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- en:Quakerism
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- Rhymes:Italian/itinɡ
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- Rhymes:Italian/itin
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- pl:Sports
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- Rhymes:Spanish/itin
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