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meeting

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈmiːtɪŋ/ (UK)
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/ˈmiːtɪŋ/ (UK) · /ˈmitɪŋ/ (US) · [ˈmiɾɪŋ] (US)

Definition of meeting

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (gerund, uncountable)The act of persons or things that meet.
    “Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.”
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noun

  1. (gerund, uncountable)The act of persons or things that meet.
    “Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
    “We need to have a meeting about that soon.”
    “In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said.”
  3. (collective, countable, uncountable)The people at such a gathering.
    “What has the meeting decided.”
  4. (countable, uncountable)An encounter between people, even accidental.
    “They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.”
  5. (countable, uncountable)A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
    “Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.”
  6. (countable, dated, uncountable)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.”
  7. (Quakerism, countable, uncountable)An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
    “Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of meet

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Etymology

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”),…

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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.

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