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meet|ing: meet|ing «MEE tihng», noun.

1. the act or fact of coming together: »a meeting of minds, a chance meeting with an old friend.

2. the act or fact of coming together or assembling for worship: »a Quaker meeting, a prayer meeting.

3. any act of coming together or assembly of people: »an open meeting of a Congressional committee. Our club held a meeting. He [Mr. Gladstone] speaks to me as if I was a public meeting (Queen Victoria).

4. a place where things meet; junction: »a meeting of roads, the meeting of the Ohio and the Mississippi.

5. a hostile encounter; duel: »The meeting was set for the next morning; the weapons: pistols at thirty paces.

6. a schedule of or gathering for horse races lasting several days or weeks.

Synonym Study 3 Meeting, assembly, gathering mean a coming together of a group of people. Meeting applies especially when the purpose is to discuss or arrange business or action: »The directors of the bank held a meeting.
Assembly often applies when the purpose is less explicit but suggests that the occasion is rather formal: »The principal called an assembly.
Gathering suggests that the occasion is less formal or organized and that it may be for social pleasure: »There was a large gathering at her house.

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