meeting
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meeting¹
- /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈmitɪŋ/ US
- [ˈmiɾɪŋ] US
Sounds like meting · Rhymes with -iːtɪŋ
Where it comes from
From 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.
noun meetings
- The act of persons or things that meet. Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
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A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
We need to have a meeting about that soon.
Similar: powwow
- The people at such a gathering. What has the meeting decided.
- An encounter between people, even accidental. They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence. Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
- A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States. You use ta give a good meetin'. I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.
- An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
Similar: assembly, convocation, gathering, meet-up, rendezvous
meeting²
- /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈmitɪŋ/ US
- [ˈmiɾɪŋ] US
Sounds like meting · Rhymes with -iːtɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English metynge, metinde, metand, from Old English mētende, *ġemētende, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), equivalent to meet + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of meet
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: coming together, junction, merging, encounter, get together, confluence, get-together, rendezvous, assembling, gather, rally, plenary, address, congress, convening, group
noun
Similar: assembly, convocation, gathering, meet-up, rendezvous
Translations
Every language
noun gathering for a purpose
| Español | reunión, junta, ayuntamiento, encuentro, conciliábulo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 회합 hoehap, 회의 hoe'ui |
| 日本語 | 会合 kaigō, ミーティング mītingu, 会議 kaigi |
| 中文 | 會議 /会议 huìyì |
| हिन्दी | बैठक baiṭhak, सभा sabhā, सम्मेलन sammelan, अधिवेशन adhiveśan |
| Kiswahili | mkutano, kikao |
| Português | reunião |
| Français | réunion, rencontre |
| Deutsch | Versammlung, Besprechung, Sitzung, Beratung, Zusammenkunft, Tagung |
| Italiano | riunione |
| Ελληνικά | συνάντηση synántisi, σύσκεψη sýskepsi, συνεδρίαση synedríasi |
| Română | ședință |
| Русский | собра́ние sobránije, встре́ча vstréča, совеща́ние soveščánije, заседа́ние zasedánije |
| Tiếng Việt | hội nghị, hội họp |
| العربية | اِجْتِمَاع ijtimāʕ, مَجْلِس majlis |
| עברית | פְּגִישָׁה p'gishá, הִתְכַּנְּסוּת hitkansút, יְשִׁיבָה y'shivá |
noun people at such a gathering
| हिन्दी | सदस्य sadasya |
|---|---|
| Português | reunidos |
| Deutsch | Versammlung, Teilnehmer |
| Русский | собра́ние sobránije, совеща́ние soveščánije, заседа́ние zasedánije |
noun encounter between people
| Español | encuentro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 만나기 mannagi |
| 日本語 | 会 kai, 出会い deai |
| 中文 | 遇見 /遇见 yùjiàn, 偶遇 ǒuyù |
| हिन्दी | मिलन milan, भेंट bhẽṭ |
| Português | encontro |
| Français | rencontre |
| Deutsch | Treffen, Zusammenkunft, Begegnung |
| Italiano | incontro |
| Ελληνικά | συνάντηση synántisi |
| Русский | встре́ча vstréča |
| العربية | مُلَاقَاة mulāqāh, مُقَابَلَة muqābala |
| עברית | פְּגִישָׁה p'gishá |
noun place or instance of junction or intersection
| Português | encontro |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Treffpunkt |
| Italiano | incrocio |
| Русский | стык styk, пересече́ние peresečénije |
Talk about this word "meeting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/meeting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. meeting. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/meeting "meeting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/meeting.Cite this
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title = {meeting},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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