meeting
The act of persons or things that meetThe act of persons or things that meet.
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» Tom is often late to meetings.
Том часто запізнюється на наради. — deniko
Том часто запізнюється на зустрічі. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(gerund, uncountable)The act of persons or things that meet.
Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
the act of joining together as one
(countable, uncountable)A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
We need to have a meeting about that soon.
Versammlung, Besprechung, Sitzung
собра́ниеsobránije, встре́чаvstréča, совеща́ниеsoveščánije
збо́риzbóry, зу́стрічzústrič, засі́данняzasídannja
a formally arranged gathering
(collective, countable, uncountable)The people at such a gathering.
What has the meeting decided.
Versammlung, Teilnehmer
собра́ниеsobránije, совеща́ниеsoveščánije, заседа́ниеzasedánije
a small informal social gathering
(countable, uncountable)An encounter between people, even accidental.
They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
Treffen, Zusammenkunft, Begegnung
встре́чаvstréča
зу́стрічzústrič
(countable, uncountable)A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
Treffpunkt
стыкstyk, пересече́ниеperesečénije
(countable, dated, uncountable)A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
(Quakerism, countable, uncountable)An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
Treffen, Zusammenkunft
встре́чаvstréča
зу́стрічzústrič
Examples
181 sentencesTom is often late to meetings.
Том часто запізнюється на наради. — deniko
Tom has lots of meetings.
У Тома багато зустрічей. — deniko
Tom has meetings all day today.
ruУ Тома сегодня целый день встречи. — Ooneykcall
deTom hat heute den ganzen Tag Besprechungen. — Felixjp
We have staff meetings on Monday.
Tom is always late to meetings.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assemblyFrom 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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Forms
plural: meetingsSynonyms
13 synonyms- the social act of assembling for some common purpose:coming togethercongress
- a casual or unexpected convergence:encounter
- a formally arranged gathering:group meeting
- a small informal social gathering:get together
- the act of joining together as one:mergingcoming together
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers):confluence
Word family
39 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.