meeting

♦♦♦ meet|ing /m'iːtɪŋ/ (meetings)
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A meeting is an event in which a group of people come together to discuss things or make decisions.
Can we have a meeting to discuss that?
...business meetings.
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You can also refer to the people at a meeting as the meeting.
The meeting decided that further efforts were needed.
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When you meet someone, either by chance or by arrangement, you can refer to this event as a meeting.
In January, 37 years after our first meeting, I was back in the studio with Denis...
= encountermeet|ing house (meeting houses)
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A meeting house is a building in which certain groups of Christians, for example Quakers, meet in order to worship together.meet|ing place (meeting places)
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A meeting place is a place where people meet.prayer meet|ing (prayer meetings)
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A prayer meeting is a religious meeting where people say prayers to God.race meet|ing (race meetings)
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A race meeting is an occasion when a series of horse races are held at the same place, often during a period of several days. (mainly BRIT)