meeting

Noun
  1. A formally arranged gathering (synset 108324519)
    "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
    is a type of: assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
    subtypes:
    • 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
  2. A small informal social gathering (synset 108327319)
    "there was an informal meeting in my living room"
    is a type of: social affair, social gathering - a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
    subtypes:
    same as: get together
  3. A casual or unexpected convergence (synset 107429522)
    "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
    is a type of: convergence - the occurrence of two or more things coming together
    subtypes: alignment, conjunction - (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
    same as: encounter
  4. The social act of assembling for some common purpose (synset 101233454)
    "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"; "the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress"
    is a type of: assemblage, assembly, gathering - the social act of assembling
    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
  5. The act of joining together as one (synset 100147676)
    "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
    is a type of: convergence, convergency, converging - the act of converging (coming closer)
    subtypes: concourse, confluence - a coming together of people
    same as: coming together, merging
  6. A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) (synset 108560197)
    "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"
    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 Earth
    same as: confluence

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