Meeting Meaning
/ˈmiːtɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of persons or things that meet.
nounA gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
Sentence Examples
We're meeting up tomorrow?
Are you meeting someone here?
A hundred people attended the public meeting.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The entire team had a ____ to discuss the details of the new project.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager called a ____ this afternoon to discuss the new company policies and upcoming deadlines.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, page 20:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The entire team had a ____ to discuss the details of the new project.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager called a ____ this afternoon to discuss the new company policies and upcoming deadlines.