meeting
Noun
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is a type of: assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one placesubtypes:
- board meeting, committee meeting - a meeting for administrative purposes
- camp meeting - religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days
- caucus - a closed political meeting
- conclave - a confidential or secret meeting
- conference - a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- congress - a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
- convention - a large formal assembly
- council - a meeting of people for consultation
- forum - a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
- plenum - a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present
- psychotherapy group - a meeting of people for psychotherapeutic purposes
- stockholders meeting - a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company
- summit, summit meeting - a meeting of heads of governments
- town meeting - a meeting of the inhabitants of a town
same as: group meeting -
is a type of: social affair, social gathering - a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowshipsubtypes:
- conventicle - a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
- appointment, date, engagement - a meeting arranged in advance
- visit - a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
- lunch meeting, luncheon meeting - a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating
- power breakfast - a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast
- seance, session, sitting - a meeting of spiritualists
same as: get together -
is a type of: convergence - the occurrence of two or more things coming togethersubtypes: alignment, conjunction - (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiacsame as: encounter
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subtypes:
- rendezvous - a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- session - a meeting devoted to a particular activity
- socialisation, socialising, socialization, socializing - the act of meeting for social purposes
- visit - the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
- visit - the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
- visit - the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
same as: coming together, congress -
subtypes: concourse, confluence - a coming together of peoplesame as: coming together, merging
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referred to in: river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)is a type of: geographic point, geographical point - a point on the surface of the Earthsame as: confluence
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