meeting
noun
Simple meaning
A time when people get together to talk about something.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmitɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
collective
The people at such a gathering.
An encounter between people, even accidental.
A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
Used this way, meeting is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use meeting
- “Next year the meeting will be in Chicago.”noun
- “His meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day.”noun
- “There was an informal meeting in my living room.”noun
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers.
A public facility to meet for open discussion.
A meeting for administrative purposes.
A formally arranged gathering.
A meeting for lunch.
A meeting for lunch.
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