meeting
An event at which people meet to discuss and decide things
ملاقات، ديدار، جلسه
This was their first meeting.
اين اولين ديدار آنها بود.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
meeting
noun
1 a time when people come together for a special reason, usually to talk about something:
We had a meeting to talk about the plans for the new swimming pool.
2 a time when two or more people come together:
Do you remember your first meeting with your husband?
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
meeting
meet‧ing S1 W1 /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1. an event at which people meet to discuss and decide things:
We’re having a meeting next week to discuss the matter.
at a meeting
I’ll raise the matter at the next meeting.
in a meeting
She said that Mr Coleby was in a meeting.
meeting about/on
There was a public meeting about the future of the gallery.
meeting with
I’ve got a meeting with Mr Edwards this afternoon.
meeting of
a meeting of senior politicians
meeting between
a meeting between unions and management
2. the meeting formal all the people who are at a meeting:
I’d like to put a few ideas before the meeting.
3. [usually singular] when people meet each other by chance or because they have arranged to do this:
I had felt drawn to Alice ever since our first meeting.
4. a sports competition or a set of races for horses
5. meeting of minds a situation in which two people have very similar ideas and understand each other very well:
There was a real meeting of minds between the two leaders.
6. an event at which a group of Quakers (=a Christian religious group) pray together
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
meeting
meet·ing [meeting meetings] [ˈmiːtɪŋ] [ˈmiːtɪŋ] noun
1. countable an occasion when people come together to discuss or decide sth
• to have/hold/call/attend a meeting
• The meeting will be held in the school hall.
• a committee/staff meeting
• What time is the meeting?
• Helen will chair the meeting (= be in charge of it).
• I'll be in a meeting all morning— can you take my calls?
• a meeting of the United Nations Security Council
• The meeting was postponed.
2. the meeting singular the people at a meeting
• The meeting voted to accept the pay offer.
3. countable a situation in which two or more people meet together, because they have arranged it or by chance
Syn: encounter
• At our first meeting I was nervous.
• It was a chance meeting that would change my life.
• He remembered their childhood meetings with nostalgia.
• The meeting of father and son after so long was a joyous occasion.
4. countable (BrE) a sports event or set of races, especially for horses
• an athletics meeting
• a race meeting
• The horse has won at all of his previous meetings this season.
Idiom: meeting of minds
Thesaurus:
meeting noun
1. C
• Dr Grey will chair the meeting.
session • • gathering • • assembly • • conference • • convention • • summit •
an annual meeting/session/gathering/assembly/conference/convention/summit
hold/attend a/an meeting/session/gathering/assembly/conference/convention/summit
address a/an meeting/session/gathering/assembly/conference/convention
2. C
• I was nervous at our first meeting.
encounter • • appointment • • date • • engagement • • introduction •
a/an meeting/encounter/appointment/date/engagement with sb
have a/an meeting/encounter/appointment/date/engagement
arrange a/an meeting/appointment/date/introduction
Example Bank:
• He always spoke as if he were addressing a public meeting.
• He was summoned to a meeting with the head of the department.
• I had a chance meeting with an old friend last week.
• I have to chair a meeting tomorrow.
• I'm afraid Mrs Haley is in a meeting at the moment.
• It is unclear whether the meeting will go ahead as planned.
• It was decided at a planning meeting.
• Jay drove to the meeting spot.
• Management have called a joint meeting with staff and unions.
• One phone call was enough to get an initial meeting.
• Opposition has been expressed at community meetings.
• Our group meetings take place on Saturdays.
• She headed off to her budget meeting.
• She was a frequent invited speaker at professional meetings.
• The arts space serves as a meeting ground for professional artists.
• The chairman called the meeting to order.
• The chairman declared the meeting open.
• The chairperson opened the meeting.
• The committee has called a meeting to discuss the president's death.
• The employees who run the meetings stick to a strict agenda.
• The meeting adjourned for coffee at eleven.
• The meeting broke up after a row over whether to allow cameras in.
• The meeting closed on a sour note.
• The meeting dragged into the early hours of the next day.
• The meeting expressed concern that the problem had still not been addressed.
• The meeting heard that two workers had been fired with no official reason given.
• The meeting heard that two workers had been sacked on the spot with no official reason given.
• The meeting never happened.
• The meeting seemed interminable.
• The meeting voted 423–133 for a strike.
• The meeting voted 423–133 in favour of a strike.
• The meetings focused on ways of cutting costs.
• The organization holds various regional meetings.
• The secretary circulated the minutes of the previous week's meeting to all committee members.
• The society is holding its Annual General Meeting in the conference room next Monday.
• The students had a class meeting about cheating.
• These meetings produced a settlement agreement.
• They now have virtual meetings over the Internet.
• This meeting urges the company to reconsider its decision to close the factory.
• We called a mandatory meeting of our department heads this morning.
• We had an editorial meeting about it.
• We had endless meetings about the problem.
• We hold public meetings on this topic.
• a meeting about the plans for a new road
• a meeting aimed at restoring peace in the region
• a meeting between tutors and students
• a meeting for parents
• a meeting sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations
• a meeting with French officials
• an informal meeting among the members of the Press Agents Association
• both national and local chapter meetings
• his job as corporate meeting planner
• A meeting of the United Nations Security Council was called.
• Helen will chair the meeting.
• I'll be in a meeting all morning— can you take my calls?
• The company's annual general meeting will take place on the 5 June.
• a committee/staff meeting
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
meeting /ˈmiː.tɪŋ/ US /-ţɪŋ/
noun [C]
1 an occasion when people come together intentionally or unintentionally:
We're having a meeting on Thursday to discuss the problem.
I'm afraid she's in a meeting - I'll ask her to call you back later.
A chance (= unintentional) meeting with a publisher on an airplane had launched his career.
I liked him from our first meeting.
2 UK a sports competition
3 a group of people who have met for a particular purpose:
The meeting wants to look at the proposal again.
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
meeting
/mi:tɪŋ/
(meetings)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A meeting is an event in which a group of people come together to discuss things or make decisions.
Can we have a meeting to discuss that?
...business meetings.
N-COUNT
•
You can also refer to the people at a meeting as the meeting.
The meeting decided that further efforts were needed.
N-SING: the N
2.
When you meet someone, either by chance or by arrangement, you can refer to this event as a meeting.
In January, 37 years after our first meeting, I was back in the studio with Denis...
= encounter
N-COUNT: oft with poss
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
meeting
meet·ing /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ noun, pl -ings
1 a [count] : a gathering of people for a particular purpose (such as to talk about business)
• The club's monthly meeting will be held next Monday evening.
• She was too busy to attend the meeting.
• Let's have/hold/call/convene a meeting to discuss these problems.
• postpone/adjourn/close a business meeting
• a committee/staff meeting
• I wasn't able to talk to him because he was in a meeting.
b : a gathering of people for religious worship
[count]
• a Quaker meeting
• a revival meeting
• a prayer meeting
[noncount]
• (US) He attends Quaker meeting.
2 [count]
a : a situation or occasion when two people see and talk to each other
• They started dating each other soon after their first meeting.
• Their friendship began with a chance meeting at a business convention.
b : a situation or occasion when athletes or teams compete against each other
• Tonight's game will be their first meeting of the season.
c Brit : 2meet 1
• an athletics meeting
3 [singular] : the place where two things come together
• a town at the meeting of two rivers
a meeting of minds or US a meeting of the minds : an understanding or agreement between two people or groups
• The company and the union tried to come to a meeting of the minds. [=they tried to reach an agreement]