meeting

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈmiːtɪŋ/
(US) IPA: /ˈmiːtɪŋ/, [ˈmiːɾɪŋ]
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Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
Homophone: meting

Verb

meeting

Present participle of meet.

Noun

meeting (plural meetings)

A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.
We need to have a meeting about that soon.
The people at such a gathering, as a collective.
What has the meeting decided.
An encounter between people, even accidental.
They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
A place or instance of junction or intersection.
Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

Derived terms

Terms derived from meeting (noun)

Synonyms

Translations

gathering for a purpose

Arabic: اِجْتِماع (ar) (ijtimaa3) m, مَجْلِس (ar) (majlis) m
Armenian: հավաքույթ (hy) (havak’uyt’), ժողով (hy) (žoġov)
Breton: bodadeg (br) f
Bulgarian: събрание (bg) (sǎbranie) n
Catalan: reunió (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 會議 (cmn), 会议 (cmn) (huìyì)
Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
Danish: møde (da) n
Dutch: bijeenkomst (nl) f, beraad (nl) n, overleg (nl) n, ontmoeting (nl), samenkomst (nl), vergadering (nl) f, zitting (nl) f
Esperanto: kunveno (eo)
Finnish: kokous (fi), palaveri (fi)
French: réunion (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Versammlung (de) f, Besprechung (de) m, Sitzung (de), Beratung (de), Zusammenkunft (de) f
Hindi: बैठक (hi) (baiṭhak), सभा (hi) (sabhā) f
Hungarian: találkozó (hu), megbeszélés (hu), tárgyalás (hu)
Indonesian: pertemuan (id)
Italian: riunione (it) f
Japanese: 会合 (ja) (かいごう, kaigō), ミーティング (ja) (mītingu)

Jèrriais: rêunion f
Korean: 회합 (ko) (hoehap)
Kurdish:
Sorani: کۆبوونه‌وه‌ (ku) (kobunewe)
Latin: congregatio (la) f, contio (la) f
Macedonian: собир (mk) (sóbir) m, состанок (mk) (sóstanok) m
Persian: نشست (fa) (nešast), همایش (fa) (hamâyeš)
Polish: spotkanie (pl) n
Portuguese: reunião (pt) f
Romanian: ședință (ro)
Russian: собрание (ru) (sobránije) n, встреча (ru) (vstréča) f, совещание (ru) (soveščánije) n, заседание (ru) (zasedánije) n
Sanskrit: सभा (sa) (sabhā)
Scottish Gaelic: coinneamh (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian: sret (sh) m, sretaj (sh) m, susret (sh) m
Spanish: reunión (es) f
Swahili: mkutano (sw)
Swedish: möte (sv) n
Talysh:
Asalemi: جلسه (jalasa)
Urdu: بیٹھک (ur) (baiṭhak), سبھا (ur) (sabhā)

people at such a gathering

Czech: shromáždění (cs) n, účastníci (cs) pl
Dutch: vergadering (nl) f
Finnish: kokous (fi)
German: Versammlung (de) f, Teilnehmer (de) m

Kurdish:
Sorani: ئه‌نجومه‌ن (ku) (ancumen)
Persian: انجمن (fa) (anjoman)

encounter between people

Czech: setkání (cs) n
Dutch: vergadering (nl) f, bijeenkomst (nl) f, ontmoeting (nl) f
Finnish: tapaaminen (fi)
French: rencontre (fr) f
German: Treffen (de) n, Zusammenkunft (de) f
Hebrew: פגישה (he) (pgishá) f
Hindi: मिलन (hi) (milan)
Hungarian: találkozás (hu)
Indonesian: pertemuan (id)
Interlingua: incontro (ia)
Italian: incontro (it)
Japanese: 会 (ja) (かい, kai)

Latin: occursus (la) m
Macedonian: средба (mk) (srédba) f
Persian: برخورد (fa) (barxord), دیدار (fa) (didâr)
Portuguese: encontro (pt) m
Russian: встреча (ru) (vstréča) f
Sanskrit: मिलन (sa) (milana)
Scottish Gaelic: coinneachadh (gd) m
Slovene: srečanje (sl) n
Spanish: encuentro (es) m
Telugu: సమావేశం (te) (samaavesham)
Volapük: kolköm (vo)

place or instance of junction or intersection

Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
Dutch: samenkomst (nl) f, ontmoetingsplaats (nl) f, raakpunt (nl) n, raakvlak (nl) n
Finnish: sauma (fi), yhtymäkohta (fi), risteyskohta (fi) (place)
German: Treffpunkt (de) m

Hungarian: találkozás (hu)
Italian: incrocio (it)
Macedonian: меѓа (mk) (méǵa) f
Russian: стык (ru) (styk) m, пересечение (ru) (peresečénije) n

agreed upon event which happens at a specified time and place

Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
Dutch: afspraak (nl)
German: Treffen (de) n
Hebrew: פגישה (he) (pgishá) f, ישיבה (he) (yeshivá) f
Interlingua: reunion (ia)
Italian: riunione (it) f
Kurdish:
Sorani: کۆبونه‌وه‌ (ku) (kobunewe)

Portuguese: reunião (pt) f
Romanian: ședință (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: coinneamh (gd) f
Slovene: sestanek (sl) m, srečanje (sl) n
Spanish: reunión (es) f
Telugu: సమావేశం (te) (samaavesham)
Volapük: kobükam (vo)

gathering among business people to discuss their business

Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
Dutch: vergadering (nl) f
French: réunion (fr) f
German: Sitzung (de) f, Besprechung (de) f
Hebrew: פגישה (he) (pgishá) f, ישיבה (he) (yeshivá) f
Hungarian: tárgyalás (hu)
Indonesian: rapat (id)
Interlingua: meeting (ia)
Italian: riunione (it) f
Japanese: 会議 (ja) (かいぎ, kaigi), ミーティング (ja) (mītingu)

Jèrriais: rêunion f
Kurdish:
Sorani: کۆبونه‌وه‌ (ku)
Portuguese: reunião (pt) f
Russian: совещание (ru) (soveščánije) n
Scottish Gaelic: coinneamh (gd) f
Slovene: sestanek (sl) m
Spanish: reunión (es) f, mitin (es) m, mítin (es) m (Latin America), junta (es) f
Telugu: సమావేశం (te) (samaavesham)
Volapük: büsidakolköm (vo)

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