meeting
1. a formally arranged gathering (Freq. 30)
- next year the meeting will be in Chicago
- the meeting elected a chairperson
• Syn:
group meeting
• Derivationally related forms:
meet
• Hypernyms:
gathering, assemblage
• Hyponyms:
board meeting, committee meeting, camp meeting, caucus, conclave,
conference, congress, convention, council, forum, plenum,
psychotherapy group, stockholders meeting, summit, summit meeting, town meeting
2. a small informal social gathering (Freq. 4)
- there was an informal meeting in my living room
• Syn:
get together
• Derivationally related forms:
get together (for: get together), meet
• Hypernyms:
social gathering, social affair
• Hyponyms:
conventicle, date, appointment, engagement, visit,
luncheon meeting, lunch meeting, power breakfast, seance, sitting, session
3. a casual or unexpected convergence (Freq. 2)
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
• Syn:
encounter
• Derivationally related forms:
encounter (for: encounter), meet
• Hypernyms:
convergence
• Hyponyms:
conjunction, alignment
4. the social act of assembling for some common purpose (Freq. 2)
- his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day
• Syn:
coming together
• Derivationally related forms:
meet
• Hypernyms:
assembly, assemblage, gathering
• Hyponyms:
rendezvous, session, socialization, socialisation, socializing,
socialising, visit
5. the act of joining together as one (Freq. 1)
- the merging of the two groups occurred quickly
- there was no meeting of minds
• Syn:
merging, coming together
• Derivationally related forms:
merge (for: merging)
• Hypernyms:
convergence, converging, convergency
• Hyponyms:
concourse, confluence
6. a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
• Syn:
confluence
• Derivationally related forms:
confluent (for: confluence)
• Topics:
river
• Hypernyms:
geographic point, geographical point
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