meeting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: meeting	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for meeting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meeting n a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" Synonym(s): meeting, group meeting a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" Synonym(s): meeting, get together a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" Synonym(s): meeting, encounter the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" Synonym(s): meeting, coming together the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds" Synonym(s): merging, meeting, coming together a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" Synonym(s): confluence, meeting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meet \Meet\ (m[emac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Met} (m[ecr]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Meeting}.] [OE. meten, AS. m[emac]tan, fr. m[omac]t, gem[omac]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[omac]tian to meet, Icel. m[91]ta, Goth. gam[omac]tjan. See {Moot}, v. t.] 1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking. 2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents. 3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear. His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi. 34. 4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate. Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope. 5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand. {To meet half way}, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meeting \Meet"ing\, n. 1. A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress. 2. A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers. 3. A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting. 4. An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters. Syn: Conference; assembly; company; convention; congregation; junction; confluence; union.