meeting

CEFRA2

/ˈmiːtɪŋ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An event where people come together to discuss something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.

Examples

  • A hundred people attended the public meeting.

  • Are you meeting someone here?

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈmiɾɪŋ]
  • /ˈmitɪŋ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The people at such a gathering.

  2. The act of persons or things that meet.

  3. An encounter between people, even accidental.

More examples

In context

  • In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said.

  • Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.

  • We need to have a meeting about that soon.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.