Meeting - Definition

n 1: a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will
be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" [syn:
meeting, group meeting]
2: a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal
meeting in my living room" [syn: meeting, get together]
3: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their
meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the
hallway" [syn: meeting, encounter]
4: the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his
meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
[syn: meeting, coming together]
5: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two
groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
[syn: merging, meeting, coming together]
6: a place where things merge or flow together (especially
rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: confluence,
meeting]