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meeting

noun
meet·​ing | \ ˈmē-tiŋ How to pronounce meeting (audio) \

Definition of meeting

1 : an act or process of coming together: such as
a : an assembly for a common purpose (such as worship)
b : a session of horse or dog racing
2 : a permanent organizational unit of the Society of Friends
3 : intersection, junction
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Examples of meeting in a Sentence

The club's monthly meeting will be held next Monday evening. She was too busy to attend the meeting. Let's have a meeting to discuss these problems. I wasn't able to talk to him because he was in a meeting. They started dating each other soon after their first meeting. Their friendship began with a chance meeting at a business convention. Tonight's game will be their first meeting of the season. a town at the meeting of two rivers
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Recent Examples on the Web

 Little progress was made between the United States and China during the last round of face-to-face trade meetings in Shanghai in July. — Laura He, CNN, "The United States and China agree to meet in Washington as trade war rages on," 4 Sep. 2019 The White House declined to provide details about any other meetings or activities. — Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, "Trump’s schedule shows a president with plenty of downtime this summer," 4 Sep. 2019 Clairemont, which had a bye last week, was beaten by the Eagles 24-0 in last year’s inaugural meeting. — Pomerado News, "Titans return home after first win; Broncos to host Valley Center," 4 Sep. 2019 When the doctors had requested this meeting, Kate had dropped everything to be there. — Michael Erard, Quartz, "How a doctor and a linguist are using AI to better talk to dying patients," 3 Sep. 2019 Since then, there have been regular meetings over the last 18 months to get Travalyst on the ground. — Louis Cheslaw, Condé Nast Traveler, "Prince Harry's New Initiative Will Keep the Travel Industry Honest on Climate," 3 Sep. 2019 Bullitt East has won three straight meetings in this series, including a 43-36 overtime triumph last year. — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, "It's a Male vs. St. Xavier matchup this week! See the top 5 high school games to watch," 3 Sep. 2019 The slogan has been emblazoned on T-shirts, and invoked at city council meetings. — Kim Kelly, The New Republic, "Abolish ICE’s Union," 2 Sep. 2019 Increasingly, Japan has encouraged its companies to work with African startups and even facilitated potential partnership meetings. — Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, "Japan has a plan to challenge China’s influence in Africa," 2 Sep. 2019

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First Known Use of meeting

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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meeting

noun
How to pronounce meeting (audio)

English Language Learners Definition of meeting

: a gathering of people for a particular purpose (such as to talk about business)
: a gathering of people for religious worship
: a situation or occasion when two people see and talk to each other

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meeting

noun
meet·​ing | \ ˈmē-tiŋ\

Kids Definition of meeting

1 : the act of persons or things that come together a chance meeting
2 : a gathering of people for a particular purpose The club holds weekly meetings.

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