meeting
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːtɪŋ/
The English word “meeting” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of persons or things that meet.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- The people at such a gathering.
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
- A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
- An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Etymology
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…
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