meeting

n. date, rendezvous; gathering, assembly; get together; confluence; encounter

v. encounter; come in contact with; assemble; come before; make acquaintance; satisfy; be on schedule; face or deal with someone or something

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Noun
1. a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) board meeting, committee meeting
(derivation) meet, ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see
2. the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
(synonym) coming together
(hypernym) assembly, assemblage, gathering
(hyponym) rendezvous
(derivation) meet, get together
3. a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my livingroom"
(synonym) get together
(hypernym) social gathering, social affair
(hyponym) conventicle
(derivation) meet, get together
4. a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
(synonym) encounter
(hypernym) convergence
(hyponym) conjunction, alignment
(derivation) meet, ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see
5. the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
(synonym) merging, coming together
(hypernym) convergence, converging, convergency
(hyponym) concourse, confluence
6. a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"
(synonym) confluence
(hypernym) geographic point, geographical point
(classification) river

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Noun
1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
(synonym) sports meeting
(hypernym) athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
(hyponym) gymkhana
(part-meronym) track and field
(derivation) encounter, play, take on

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Verb
1. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
(synonym) ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see
(hyponym) intersect, cross
(verb-group) gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(derivation) meeting
2. get together socially or for a specific purpose
(synonym) get together
(hyponym) pick up
(derivation) sports meeting
3. be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
(synonym) converge
(hyponym) breast
(verb-group) touch, adjoin, contact
4. fill or meet a want or need
(synonym) satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(hyponym) answer
5. satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
(synonym) fit, conform to
(hypernym) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
(hyponym) coordinate
6. satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
(synonym) match, cope with
(hypernym) cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
7. get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
8. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
(synonym) gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(hypernym) interact
(hyponym) group, aggroup
(verb-group) ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see
(derivation) meeting, get together
9. meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
(hypernym) gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(hyponym) meet up with
10. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
(synonym) encounter, play, take on
(hyponym) confront, face
(entail) compete, vie, contend
(verb-group) play
(derivation) sports meeting
11. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
(synonym) encounter, receive
(hypernym) have, experience
12. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
(synonym) suffer
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
13. be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
(synonym) touch, adjoin, contact
(hyponym) cover, spread over
(verb-group) converge

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Adjective
1. being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
(synonym) fitting
(similar) just

nm. meeting, meet

nm. meeting, rendezvous, gathering, assembly