| meeting | | |
| n. (group) | 1. group meeting, meeting | a formally arranged gathering.; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ board meeting, committee meeting | a meeting for administrative purposes. |
| ~ camp meeting | religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days. |
| ~ caucus | a closed political meeting. |
| ~ conclave | a confidential or secret meeting. |
| ~ conference | a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda). |
| ~ congress | a meeting of elected or appointed representatives. |
| ~ convention | a large formal assembly.; "political convention" |
| ~ council | a meeting of people for consultation.; "emergency council" |
| ~ forum | a public meeting or assembly for open discussion. |
| ~ plenum | a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present.; "the plenum will vote on all tax increases" |
| ~ psychotherapy group | a meeting of people for psychotherapeutic purposes. |
| ~ stockholders meeting | a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company. |
| ~ summit meeting, summit | a meeting of heads of governments. |
| ~ town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town. |
| n. (group) | 2. get together, meeting | a small informal social gathering.; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" |
| ~ social affair, social gathering | a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship. |
| ~ conventicle | a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship. |
| ~ appointment, engagement, date | a meeting arranged in advance.; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" |
| ~ visit | a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice.; "he scheduled a visit to the dentist" |
| ~ lunch meeting, luncheon meeting | a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating. |
| ~ power breakfast | a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast. |
| ~ seance, sitting, session | a meeting of spiritualists.; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" |
| n. (event) | 3. encounter, meeting | a casual or unexpected convergence.; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" |
| ~ convergence | the occurrence of two or more things coming together. |
| ~ alignment, conjunction | (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac. |
| n. (act) | 4. coming together, meeting | the social act of assembling for some common purpose.; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" |
| ~ gathering, assemblage, assembly | the social act of assembling.; "they demanded the right of assembly" |
| ~ rendezvous | a meeting planned at a certain time and place. |
| ~ session | a meeting devoted to a particular activity.; "a filming session"; "a gossip session" |
| ~ socialising, socializing, socialisation, socialization | the act of meeting for social purposes.; "there was too much socialization with the enlisted men" |
| ~ visit | the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity.; "a visit to the dentist" |
| ~ visit | the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection). |
| ~ visit | the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time.; "he dropped by for a visit" |
| n. (act) | 5. coming together, meeting, merging | the act of joining together as one.; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds" |
| ~ converging, convergency, convergence | the act of converging (coming closer). |
| ~ concourse, confluence | a coming together of people. |
| n. (location) | 6. confluence, meeting | a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers).; "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" |
| ~ geographic point, geographical point | a point on the surface of the Earth. |
| ~ river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).; "the river was navigable for 50 miles" |
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