/ ˈmiːtɪŋ; NAmE / noun
1.
[ C ] an occasion when people come together to discuss or decide sth :
to have / hold / call / attend a meeting
a committee / staff meeting
What time is the meeting?
Helen will chair the meeting (= be in charge of it) .
I'll be in a meeting all morning—can you take my calls?
a meeting of the United Nations Security Council
2.
the meeting [ sing. ] the people at a meeting :
The meeting voted to accept the pay offer.
3.
[ C ] a situation in which two or more people meet together, because they have arranged it or by chance
SYN encounter :
At our first meeting I was nervous.
It was a chance meeting that would change my life.
He remembered their childhood meetings with nostalgia.
4.
[ C ] ( BrE ) a sports event or set of races, especially for horses :
an athletics meeting
a race meeting
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IDIOMS
- a meeting of minds