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meeting
noun [C] /ˈmiː.tɪŋ/
/-t̬ɪŋ/ Definition
A2 an occasion when people come together intentionally or not intentionally: We're having a meeting on Thursday to discuss the problem. I'm afraid she's in a meeting - I'll ask her to call you back later. A chance (= not intended) meeting with a publisher on an airplane had launched his career. I liked him from our first meeting.Meeting peopleOfficial meetings › a group of people who have met for a particular purpose: The meeting wants to look at the proposal again.Meeting peopleOfficial meetings › UK a sports competitionCompetitions, and parts of competitions
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Synonyms and related words:
- appointment noun (ARRANGEMENT)
- farewell exclamation
- gathering noun
- hello exclamation, noun
- how are things (with you)? idiom
- how do you do? idiom
- how's tricks? idiom
- it's a date idiom
- meet verb (COME TOGETHER)
- meet verb (PLACE)
- meeting point noun
- paths cross idiom
- pay your respects idiom
- rally noun (MEETING)
- remember sb to sb phrasal verb
- rendezvous noun
- same to you idiom
- see you (later) idiom
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- throw sb together phrasal verb
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