Overview of noun meeting

The noun meeting has 6 senses

• meeting, group meeting -- (a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson")


• meeting, get together -- (a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room")


• meeting, encounter -- (a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway")


• meeting, coming together -- (the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day")


• merging, meeting, coming together -- (the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds")


• confluence, meeting -- (a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers")

Overview of verb meet

The verb meet has 13 senses

• meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see -- (come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!")


• meet, get together -- (get together socially or for a specific purpose)


• converge, meet -- (be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point")


• meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil -- (fill or meet a want or need)


• meet, fit, conform to -- (satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?")


• meet, match, cope with -- (satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams")


• meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather -- (collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room")


• meet -- (get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore")


• meet -- (meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?")


• meet, encounter, play, take on -- (contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary")


• meet, encounter, receive -- (experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition")


• suffer, meet -- (undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate")


• touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point")