(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an event in which a group of people come together to discuss things or make decisions.
Can we have a ~ to discuss that?
...business ~s.
N-COUNT
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You can also refer to the people at a ~ as the ~.
The ~ decided that further efforts were needed.
N-SING: the N
2.
When you meet someone, either by chance or by arrangement, you can refer to this event as a ~.
In January, 37 years after our first ~, I was back in the studio with Denis...
= encounter
N-COUNT: oft with poss