MEETING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meeting mean? 

• MEETING (noun)
  The noun MEETING has 6 senses:

1. a formally arranged gathering

2. a small informal social gathering

3. a casual or unexpected convergence

4. the social act of assembling for some common purpose

5. the act of joining together as one

6. a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

  Familiarity information: MEETING used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEETING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formally arranged gathering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

group meeting; meeting

Context example:

the meeting elected a chairperson

Hypernyms ("meeting" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meeting"):

convention (a large formal assembly)

town meeting (a meeting of the inhabitants of a town)

summit; summit meeting (a meeting of heads of governments)

stockholders meeting (a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company)

psychotherapy group (a meeting of people for psychotherapeutic purposes)

plenum (a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present)

forum (a public meeting or assembly for open discussion)

council (a meeting of people for consultation)

congress (a meeting of elected or appointed representatives)

conference (a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda))

conclave (a confidential or secret meeting)

caucus (a closed political meeting)

camp meeting (religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days)

board meeting; committee meeting (a meeting for administrative purposes)

Derivation:

meet (come together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small informal social gathering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

get together; meeting

Context example:

there was an informal meeting in my living room

Hypernyms ("meeting" is a kind of...):

social affair; social gathering (a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meeting"):

conventicle (a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship)

appointment; date; engagement (a meeting arranged in advance)

visit (a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice)

lunch meeting; luncheon meeting (a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating)

power breakfast (a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast)

seance; session; sitting (a meeting of spiritualists)

Derivation:

meet (collect in one place)

meet (get together socially or for a specific purpose)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A casual or unexpected convergence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

encounter; meeting

Context example:

there was a brief encounter in the hallway

Hypernyms ("meeting" is a kind of...):

convergence (the occurrence of two or more things coming together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meeting"):

alignment; conjunction ((astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac)

Derivation:

meet (come together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The social act of assembling for some common purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

coming together; congress; meeting

Context example:

the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress

Hypernyms ("meeting" is a kind of...):

assemblage; assembly; gathering (the social act of assembling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meeting"):

rendezvous (a meeting planned at a certain time and place)

session (a meeting devoted to a particular activity)

socialisation; socialising; socialization; socializing (the act of meeting for social purposes)

visit (the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity)

visit (the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection))

visit (the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time)

Derivation:

meet (collect in one place)

meet (get together socially or for a specific purpose)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of joining together as one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

coming together; meeting; merging

Context example:

there was no meeting of minds

Hypernyms ("meeting" is a kind of...):

convergence; convergency; converging (the act of converging (coming closer))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meeting"):

concourse; confluence (a coming together of people)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

confluence; meeting

Context example:

Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers

Hypernyms ("meeting" is a kind of...):

geographic point; geographical point (a point on the surface of the Earth)

Domain category:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

 Context examples 

Meeting her sharp glance, which was as sharp as ever when she asked me, I could not on that short challenge answer no, quite frankly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Fortune favoured us, and we got home without meeting a soul.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Certainly, my dear, nobody said there were; but as to not meeting with many people in this neighbourhood, I believe there are few neighbourhoods larger.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

"Will you come to the meeting?" I asked.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘Journeys end in lovers’ meetings,’ as the old play says.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She then called for Miss Morrison, a young lady who lives in the next villa, and the two went off together to their meeting.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a sudden meeting, and one in which rapture was kept well in check by pain.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Independent of his two cousins' enjoyment in it, the evening was to him of no higher value than any other appointed meeting of the two families might be.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The hope of meeting again in the course of a few years could only put into Catherine's head what might happen within that time to make a meeting dreadful to her.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

They went through the particulars of their first meeting a great many times.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)