MEETING

merging, meeting, coming together

(noun) the act of joining together as one; “the merging of the two groups occurred quickly”; “there was no meeting of minds”

meeting, coming together, congress

(noun) the social act of assembling for some common purpose; “his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day”; “the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress”

meeting, encounter

(noun) a casual or unexpected convergence; “he still remembers their meeting in Paris”; “there was a brief encounter in the hallway”

meeting, group meeting

(noun) a formally arranged gathering; “next year the meeting will be in Chicago”; “the meeting elected a chairperson”

meeting, get together

(noun) a small informal social gathering; “there was an informal meeting in my living room”

confluence, meeting

(noun) a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); “Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)

(gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.

A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.

(collective) The people at such a gathering.

An encounter between people, even accidental.

A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.

(rural US, dated) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.

(Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Usage notes

• When "meeting" is used to mean a Quaker administrative group, it is often qualified by an indication of how often the group holds regular business meetings, such as "monthly meeting", "quarterly meeting", or "yearly meeting". When the qualifier is omitted, the term is assumed to mean monthly meeting.

Synonyms

• assembly

• convocation

• gathering

Hyponyms

• annual general meeting

• board meeting

• monthly meeting

• prayer meeting

• race meeting

Etymology 2

Verb

meeting

present participle of meet

Anagrams

• teeming

Source: Wiktionary

Meet"ing, n.

1. A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.

2. A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.

3. A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting.

4. An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.

Syn.

– Conference; assembly; company; convention; congregation; junction; confluence; union.

MEET

Meet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met; p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.] Etym: [OE. meten, AS. m, fr. m, gem, a meeting; akin to OS. m to meet, Icel. mæta, Goth. gam. See Moot, v. t.]

1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.

2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.

3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear. His daughter came out to meet him. Judg. xi. 34.

4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate. Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. Pope.

5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand. To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.

Meet, v. t.

1. To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle. O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined ! Milton.

2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict. Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. Milton.

3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December. They . . . appointed a day to meet together. 2. Macc. xiv. 21.

4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite. To meet with. (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of unexpectedness. We met with many things worthy of observation. Bacon. (b) To join; to unite in company. Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss. (d) To encounter; to be subjected to. Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. Rowe. (e) To obviate. [Obs.] Bacon.

Meet, n.

Definition: An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.

Meet, a. Etym: [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. mässig moderate, gemäss fitting. See Mete.]

Definition: Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. It was meet that we should make merry. Luke xv. 32. To be meet with, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]

Meet, adv.

Definition: Meetly. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition