noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈmiːtɪŋ/
US:/ˈmitɪŋ/
US:[ˈmiɾɪŋ]
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rhymes with -iːtɪŋ
homophone: meting
CMU ARPABET:M IY1 T IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of persons or things that meet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: gerund, uncountable
Examples
Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
We need to have a meeting about that soon.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: powwow
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The people at such a gathering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, countable, uncountable
Examples
What has the meeting decided.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An encounter between people, even accidental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
Qualifier: rustic US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Quakerism, countable, uncountable
Examples
Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
present participle and gerund of meet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confluence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geographic point, geographical point
History
Etymology
From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”), Middle Low German mö̂tinge (“meeting”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.
From Middle English metynge, metinde, metand, from Old English mētende, *ġemētende, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), equivalent to meet + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
335 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
mbledh
— action noun of the verb to meet
Albanian:
takim
— action noun of the verb to meet
Arabic:
مُلَاقَاة
(mulāqāh)
— action noun of the verb to meet
Arabic:
لِقَاء
(liqāʔ)
— action noun of the verb to meet
Azerbaijani:
görüşmə
— action noun of the verb to meet
Belarusian:
сустрэ́ча
(sustréča)
— action noun of the verb to meet
Bulgarian:
сре́ща
(sréšta)
— action noun of the verb to meet
Catalan:
trobada
— action noun of the verb to meet
Finnish:
kohtaaminen
— action noun of the verb to meet
Finnish:
tapaaminen
— action noun of the verb to meet
French:
rencontre
— action noun of the verb to meet
German:
Treffen
— action noun of the verb to meet
German:
Zusammenkunft
— action noun of the verb to meet
Hebrew:
פְּגִישָׁה
(p'gishá)
— action noun of the verb to meet
Hindi:
भेंट
(bhẽṭ)
— action noun of the verb to meet
Hungarian:
találkozás
— action noun of the verb to meet
Italian:
incontro
— action noun of the verb to meet
Old Javanese:
tĕmu
— action noun of the verb to meet
Korean:
만나기
(mannagi)
— action noun of the verb to meet
Malay:
temu
— action noun of the verb to meet
Malay:
jumpa
— action noun of the verb to meet
Portuguese:
encontro
— action noun of the verb to meet
Russian:
встре́ча
(vstréča)
— action noun of the verb to meet
Spanish:
encuentro
— action noun of the verb to meet
Ukrainian:
зу́стріч
(zústrič)
— action noun of the verb to meet
Vietnamese:
gặp gỡ
— action noun of the verb to meet
Catalan:
quedada
— gathering of persons for a purpose
Catalan:
trobada
— gathering of persons for a purpose
Esperanto:
seanco
— gathering of persons for a purpose
Esperanto:
kunsido
— gathering of persons for a purpose
Malay:
pertemuan
— gathering of persons for a purpose
Malay:
mesyuarat
— gathering of persons for a purpose
Unami:
maehëlan
— gathering of persons for a purpose
Albanian:
mbledhje
— gathering for a purpose
Southern Altai:
јуун
(ǰuun)
— gathering for a purpose
Arabic:
اِجْتِمَاع
(ijtimāʕ)
— gathering for a purpose
Arabic:
مَجْلِس
(majlis)
— gathering for a purpose
Arabic:
اِجْتِمَاع
(egtimāʕ)
— gathering for a purpose
Arabic:
ميتينج
(mīting)
— gathering for a purpose
Arabic:
اِجْتِمَاع
(ijtimāʕ)
— gathering for a purpose
Armenian:
հավաքույթ
(havakʻuytʻ)
— gathering for a purpose
Armenian:
ժողով
(žoġov)
— gathering for a purpose
Assamese:
মেল
(mel)
— gathering for a purpose
Assamese:
সভা
(xobha)
— gathering for a purpose
Azerbaijani:
iclas
— gathering for a purpose
Azerbaijani:
cələsə
— gathering for a purpose
Azerbaijani:
məclis
— gathering for a purpose
Azerbaijani:
müşavirə
— gathering for a purpose
West Coast Bajau:
miting
— gathering for a purpose
Basque:
bilera
— gathering for a purpose
Basque:
batzar
— gathering for a purpose
Belarusian:
сход
(sxod)
— gathering for a purpose
Belarusian:
сустрэ́ча
(sustréča)
— gathering for a purpose
Belarusian:
нара́да
(naráda)
— gathering for a purpose
Belarusian:
пасяджэ́нне
(pasjadžénnje)
— gathering for a purpose
Bengali:
মজলিস
(mojoliś)
— gathering for a purpose
Bengali:
ইজতেমা
(ijtema)
— gathering for a purpose
Bengali:
আঞ্জুমান
(anjuman)
— gathering for a purpose
Breton:
bodadeg
— gathering for a purpose
Bulgarian:
събра́ние
(sǎbránie)
— gathering for a purpose
Bulgarian:
заседа́ние
(zasedánie)
— gathering for a purpose
Bulgarian:
сре́ща
(sréšta)
— gathering for a purpose
Burmese:
အစည်းအဝေး
(a.cany:a.we:)
— gathering for a purpose
Catalan:
reunió
— gathering for a purpose
Chinese Cantonese:
會議 /会议
(wui6 ji5)
— gathering for a purpose
Chinese Mandarin:
會議 /会议
(huìyì)
— gathering for a purpose
Czech:
schůze
— gathering for a purpose
Czech:
shromáždění
— gathering for a purpose
Czech:
zasedání
— gathering for a purpose
Czech:
mítink
— gathering for a purpose
Czech:
meeting
— gathering for a purpose
Danish:
møde
— gathering for a purpose
Dutch:
bijeenkomst
— gathering for a purpose
Dutch:
ontmoeting
— gathering for a purpose
Dutch:
vergadering
— gathering for a purpose
Dutch:
meeting
— gathering for a purpose
Esperanto:
kunveno
— gathering for a purpose
Finnish:
kokous
— gathering for a purpose
Finnish:
palaveri
— gathering for a purpose
Finnish:
tapaaminen
— gathering for a purpose
French:
réunion
— gathering for a purpose
French:
rencontre
— gathering for a purpose
Galician:
reunión
— gathering for a purpose
Galician:
xunta
— gathering for a purpose
Galician:
xuntanza
— gathering for a purpose
Georgian:
სხდომა
(sxdoma)
— gathering for a purpose
Georgian:
კრება
(ḳreba)
— gathering for a purpose
Georgian:
შეხვედრა
(šexvedra)
— gathering for a purpose
Georgian:
თათბირი
(tatbiri)
— gathering for a purpose
German:
Versammlung
— gathering for a purpose
German:
Besprechung
— gathering for a purpose
German:
Sitzung
— gathering for a purpose
German:
Beratung
— gathering for a purpose
German:
Zusammenkunft
— gathering for a purpose
German:
Tagung
— gathering for a purpose
Greek:
συνάντηση
(synántisi)
— gathering for a purpose
Greek:
σύσκεψη
(sýskepsi)
— gathering for a purpose
Greek:
συνεδρίαση
(synedríasi)
— gathering for a purpose
Ancient Greek:
σύνοδος
(súnodos)
— gathering for a purpose
Hawaiian:
hālāwai
— gathering for a purpose
Hebrew:
פְּגִישָׁה
(p'gishá)
— gathering for a purpose
Hebrew:
הִתְכַּנְּסוּת
(hitkansút)
— gathering for a purpose
Hebrew:
יְשִׁיבָה
(y'shivá)
— gathering for a purpose
Hindi:
बैठक
(baiṭhak)
— gathering for a purpose
Hindi:
सभा
(sabhā)
— gathering for a purpose
Hindi:
सम्मेलन
(sammelan)
— gathering for a purpose
Hindi:
अधिवेशन
(adhiveśan)
— gathering for a purpose
Hungarian:
találkozó
— gathering for a purpose
Hungarian:
megbeszélés
— gathering for a purpose
Hungarian:
tárgyalás
— gathering for a purpose
Hungarian:
ülés
— gathering for a purpose
Hungarian:
értekezlet
— gathering for a purpose
Hungarian:
gyűlés
— gathering for a purpose
Hungarian:
tanácskozás
— gathering for a purpose
Iban:
aum
— gathering for a purpose
Icelandic:
fundur
— gathering for a purpose
Ido:
asemblo
— gathering for a purpose
Ido:
asemblajo
— gathering for a purpose
Ido:
kunveno
— gathering for a purpose
Indonesian:
pertemuan
— gathering for a purpose
Irish:
cruinniú
— gathering for a purpose
Italian:
riunione
— gathering for a purpose
Japanese:
会合
(kaigō)
— gathering for a purpose
Japanese:
ミーティング
(mītingu)
— gathering for a purpose
Japanese:
会議
(kaigi)
— gathering for a purpose
Kazakh:
жиналыс
(jinalys)
— gathering for a purpose
Kazakh:
мәжіліс
(mäjılıs)
— gathering for a purpose
Khmer:
កិច្ចប្រជុំ
(kəc prɑɑcum)
— gathering for a purpose
Kikuyu:
mũcemanio
— gathering for a purpose
Korean:
회합
(hoehap)
— gathering for a purpose
Korean:
회의
(hoe'ui)
— gathering for a purpose
Central Kurdish:
کۆبوونەوەb
(kobûneweb)
— gathering for a purpose
Kyrgyz:
чогулуш
(coguluş)
— gathering for a purpose
Kyrgyz:
жыйылыш
(jıyılış)
— gathering for a purpose
Kyrgyz:
жыйналыш
(jıynalış)
— gathering for a purpose
Kyrgyz:
собрание
(sobraniye)
— gathering for a purpose
Kyrgyz:
жыйын
(jıyın)
— gathering for a purpose
Lao:
ການປະຊຸມ
(kān pa sum)
— gathering for a purpose
Lao:
ກອງປະຊຸມ
(kǭng pa sum)
— gathering for a purpose
Latin:
concilium
— gathering for a purpose
Latin:
congregātiō
— gathering for a purpose
Latin:
contiō
— gathering for a purpose
Macedonian:
со́бир
(sóbir)
— gathering for a purpose
Macedonian:
со́станок
(sóstanok)
— gathering for a purpose
Malay:
mesyuarat
— gathering for a purpose
Malay:
miting
— gathering for a purpose
Malay:
muktamar
— gathering for a purpose
Marathi:
बैठक
(baiṭhak)
— gathering for a purpose
Marathi:
सभा
(sabhā)
— gathering for a purpose
Central Melanau:
miting
— gathering for a purpose
Mongolian:
уулзалт
(uulzalt)
— gathering for a purpose
Khiamniungan Naga:
vāu-îehìe
— gathering for a purpose
Norman:
rêunion
— gathering for a purpose
Norwegian Bokmål:
møte
— gathering for a purpose
Norwegian Nynorsk:
møte
— gathering for a purpose
Occitan:
reünion
— gathering for a purpose
Iranian Persian:
نِشَسْت
(nešast)
— gathering for a purpose
Iranian Persian:
هَمایِش
(hamâyeš)
— gathering for a purpose
Iranian Persian:
مَجْلِس
(majles)
— gathering for a purpose
Iranian Persian:
اَنْجُمَن
(anjoman)
— gathering for a purpose
Iranian Persian:
مُلاقات
(molâġât)
— gathering for a purpose
Plautdietsch:
Sitz
— gathering for a purpose
Plautdietsch:
Vesaumlunk
— gathering for a purpose
Polish:
meeting
— gathering for a purpose
Polish:
mityng
— gathering for a purpose
Polish:
spotkanie
— gathering for a purpose
Portuguese:
reunião
— gathering for a purpose
Romanian:
ședință
— gathering for a purpose
Russian:
собра́ние
(sobránije)
— gathering for a purpose
Russian:
встре́ча
(vstréča)
— gathering for a purpose
Russian:
совеща́ние
(soveščánije)
— gathering for a purpose
Russian:
заседа́ние
(zasedánije)
— gathering for a purpose
Sanskrit:
सभा
(sabhā)
— gathering for a purpose
Sanskrit:
परिषद्
(pariṣad)
— gathering for a purpose
Scottish Gaelic:
coinneamh
— gathering for a purpose
Serbo-Croatian:
срет
— gathering for a purpose
Serbo-Croatian:
сретај
— gathering for a purpose
Serbo-Croatian:
сусрет
— gathering for a purpose
Serbo-Croatian:
sret
— gathering for a purpose
Serbo-Croatian:
sretaj
— gathering for a purpose
Serbo-Croatian:
susret
— gathering for a purpose
Slovak:
porada
— gathering for a purpose
Slovak:
schôdza
— gathering for a purpose
Slovak:
míting
— gathering for a purpose
Slovak:
meeting
— gathering for a purpose
Slovene:
srečanje
— gathering for a purpose
Slovene:
zmenek
— gathering for a purpose
Slovene:
posvet
— gathering for a purpose
Spanish:
reunión
— gathering for a purpose
Spanish:
junta
— gathering for a purpose
Spanish:
ayuntamiento
— gathering for a purpose
Spanish:
encuentro
— gathering for a purpose
Spanish:
conciliábulo
— gathering for a purpose
Swahili:
mkutano
— gathering for a purpose
Swahili:
kikao
— gathering for a purpose
Swedish:
möte
— gathering for a purpose
Swedish:
sammanträde
— gathering for a purpose
Tajik:
ҷамъомад
(jam'omad)
— gathering for a purpose
Tajik:
маҷлис
(majlis)
— gathering for a purpose
Tajik:
анҷуман
(anjuman)
— gathering for a purpose
Tajik:
нишаст
(nišast)
— gathering for a purpose
Tajik:
ҳамоиш
(hamoyiš)
— gathering for a purpose
Tajik:
мулоқот
(muloqot)
— gathering for a purpose
Talysh:
جلسه
(jalasa)
— gathering for a purpose
Thai:
การประชุม
(gaan-bprà-chum)
— gathering for a purpose
Tocharian B:
wertsiya
— gathering for a purpose
Turkish:
dernek
— gathering for a purpose
Turkish:
toplantı
— gathering for a purpose
Ottoman Turkish:
درنك
(dernek)
— gathering for a purpose
Ottoman Turkish:
جمعیت
(cemʼiyet)
— gathering for a purpose
Ottoman Turkish:
انجمن
(encümen)
— gathering for a purpose
Ottoman Turkish:
مجلس
(meclis)
— gathering for a purpose
Ottoman Turkish:
اجتماع
(ictimâʼ)
— gathering for a purpose
Ottoman Turkish:
محفل
(mahfil)
— gathering for a purpose
Ukrainian:
збо́ри
(zbóry)
— gathering for a purpose
Ukrainian:
зу́стріч
(zústrič)
— gathering for a purpose
Ukrainian:
засі́дання
(zasídannja)
— gathering for a purpose
Urdu:
بَیٹَھک
(baiṭhak)
— gathering for a purpose
Urdu:
سَبھا
(sabhā)
— gathering for a purpose
Urdu:
اَنْجُمَن
(anjuman)
— gathering for a purpose
Urdu:
نِشَسْت
(niśast)
— gathering for a purpose
Urdu:
مُلاقات
(mulāqāt)
— gathering for a purpose
Uyghur:
يىغىن
(yighin)
— gathering for a purpose
Uzbek:
yigʻilish
— gathering for a purpose
Uzbek:
majlis
— gathering for a purpose
Uzbek:
anjuman
— gathering for a purpose
Vietnamese:
hội nghị
— gathering for a purpose
Vietnamese:
hội họp
— gathering for a purpose
Welsh:
cyfarfod
— gathering for a purpose
Yoruba:
ìpàdé
— gathering for a purpose
Azerbaijani:
iclas
— people at such a gathering
Azerbaijani:
cələsə
— people at such a gathering
Azerbaijani:
məclis
— people at such a gathering
Azerbaijani:
müşavirə
— people at such a gathering
Bengali:
আঞ্জুমান
(anjuman)
— people at such a gathering
Catalan:
reunió
— people at such a gathering
Czech:
shromáždění
— people at such a gathering
Czech:
účastníci
— people at such a gathering
Dutch:
vergadering
— people at such a gathering
Finnish:
kokous
— people at such a gathering
Galician:
xuntoiro
— people at such a gathering
Galician:
xuntanza
— people at such a gathering
Galician:
asemblea
— people at such a gathering
German:
Versammlung
— people at such a gathering
German:
Teilnehmer
— people at such a gathering
Hindi:
सदस्य
(sadasya)
— people at such a gathering
Hungarian:
résztvevők
— people at such a gathering
Central Kurdish:
ئەنجومەن
(encumen)
— people at such a gathering
Iranian Persian:
اَنْجُمَن
(anjoman)
— people at such a gathering
Portuguese:
reunidos
— people at such a gathering
Russian:
собра́ние
(sobránije)
— people at such a gathering
Russian:
совеща́ние
(soveščánije)
— people at such a gathering
Russian:
заседа́ние
(zasedánije)
— people at such a gathering
Urdu:
اَنْجُمَن
(anjuman)
— people at such a gathering
Welsh:
cyfarfod
— people at such a gathering
Arabic:
مُلَاقَاة
(mulāqāh)
— encounter between people
Arabic:
مُقَابَلَة
(muqābala)
— encounter between people
Azerbaijani:
görüş
— encounter between people
Belarusian:
сустрэ́ча
(sustréča)
— encounter between people
Bengali:
দিদার
(didar)
— encounter between people
Bengali:
দীদার
(didar)
— encounter between people
Bulgarian:
сре́ща
(sréšta)
— encounter between people
Catalan:
trobada
— encounter between people
Chinese Mandarin:
遇見 /遇见
(yùjiàn)
— encounter between people
Chinese Mandarin:
偶遇
(ǒuyù)
— encounter between people
Ngazidja Comorian:
mhondrano
— encounter between people
Czech:
setkání
— encounter between people
Dutch:
ontmoeting
— encounter between people
Estonian:
kohtumine
— encounter between people
Finnish:
tapaaminen
— encounter between people
French:
rencontre
— encounter between people
Galician:
encontro
— encounter between people
German:
Treffen
— encounter between people
German:
Zusammenkunft
— encounter between people
German:
Begegnung
— encounter between people
Greek:
συνάντηση
(synántisi)
— encounter between people
Ancient Greek:
συμβολή
(sumbolḗ)
— encounter between people
Hebrew:
פְּגִישָׁה
(p'gishá)
— encounter between people
Hindi:
मिलन
(milan)
— encounter between people
Hindi:
भेंट
(bhẽṭ)
— encounter between people
Hungarian:
találkozás
— encounter between people
Hungarian:
összetalálkozás
— encounter between people
Ido:
renkontro
— encounter between people
Indonesian:
pertemuan
— encounter between people
Interlingua:
incontro
— encounter between people
Italian:
incontro
— encounter between people
Japanese:
会
(kai)
— encounter between people
Japanese:
出会い
(deai)
— encounter between people
Korean:
만나기
(mannagi)
— encounter between people
Latin:
occursus
— encounter between people
Latvian:
tikšanās
— encounter between people
Latvian:
sastapšanās
— encounter between people
Lithuanian:
susitikimas
— encounter between people
Macedonian:
средба
(sredba)
— encounter between people
Malay:
pertemuan
— encounter between people
Malay:
perjumpaan
— encounter between people
Occitan:
encontre
— encounter between people
Iranian Persian:
بَرْخورْد
(barxord)
— encounter between people
Iranian Persian:
دیدار
(didâr)
— encounter between people
Portuguese:
encontro
— encounter between people
Russian:
встре́ча
(vstréča)
— encounter between people
Sanskrit:
मिलन
(milana)
— encounter between people
Scottish Gaelic:
coinneachadh
— encounter between people
Serbo-Croatian:
су̀срет
— encounter between people
Serbo-Croatian:
sùsret
— encounter between people
Slovak:
stretnutie
— encounter between people
Slovene:
srečanje
— encounter between people
Spanish:
encuentro
— encounter between people
Swedish:
möte
— encounter between people
Telugu:
సమావేశం
(samāvēśaṁ)
— encounter between people
Ukrainian:
зу́стріч
(zústrič)
— encounter between people
Urdu:
دِیدار
(dīdār)
— encounter between people
Volapük:
kolköm
— encounter between people
Welsh:
cyfarfod
— encounter between people
Czech:
schůze
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Czech:
shromáždění
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Czech:
zasedání
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Dutch:
samenkomst
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Dutch:
trefpunt
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Finnish:
sauma
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Finnish:
yhtymäkohta
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Finnish:
risteyskohta
— place or instance of junction or intersection
German:
Treffpunkt
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Hungarian:
találkozás
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Hungarian:
érintkezés
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Hungarian:
csatlakozás
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Irish:
comhrac
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Italian:
incrocio
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Macedonian:
меѓа
(meǵa)
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Malay:
pertemuan
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Portuguese:
encontro
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Russian:
стык
(styk)
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Russian:
пересече́ние
(peresečénije)
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Slovak:
spoj
— place or instance of junction or intersection
Slovak:
kontakt
— place or instance of junction or intersection