English dictionary
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English noun: meeting | |||
| 1. | meeting (group) a formally arranged gathering | ||
| Samples | Next year the meeting will be in Chicago. The meeting elected a chairperson. | ||
| Synonyms | group meeting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemblage, gathering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | board meeting, camp meeting, caucus, committee meeting, conclave, conference, congress, convention, council, forum, plenum, psychotherapy group, stockholders meeting, summit, summit meeting, town meeting | ||
| 2. | meeting (group) a small informal social gathering | ||
| Samples | There was an informal meeting in my living room. | ||
| Synonyms | get together | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social affair, social gathering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | appointment, conventicle, date, engagement, lunch meeting, luncheon meeting, power breakfast, seance, session, sitting, visit | ||
| 3. | meeting (event) a casual or unexpected convergence | ||
| Samples | He still remembers their meeting in Paris. There was a brief encounter in the hallway. | ||
| Synonyms | encounter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convergence | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alignment, conjunction | ||
| 4. | meeting (act) the social act of assembling for some common purpose | ||
| Samples | His meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day. | ||
| Synonyms | coming together | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemblage, assembly, gathering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rendezvous, session, socialisation, socialising, socialization, socializing, visit, visit, visit | ||
| 5. | meeting (act) the act of joining together as one | ||
| Samples | The merging of the two groups occurred quickly. There was no meeting of minds. | ||
| Synonyms | coming together, merging | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convergence, convergency, converging | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | concourse, confluence | ||
| 6. | meeting (location) a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) | ||
| Samples | Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. | ||
| Synonyms | confluence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | geographic point, geographical point | ||
| Domain category | river | ||
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