Meeting People ˈmiːtɪŋ Public Held Extra Examples Meet

• a hundred people attended the public meeting.
• the meeting will be held in the school hall.
• to schedule/convene/arrange/organize/call a meeting
• helen will chair the meeting (= be in charge of it).

meeting

1. an occasion when people come together to discuss or decide something
• SEE ALSO annual general meeting
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/annual-general-meeting
• A hundred people attended the public meeting.
• The meeting will be held in the school hall.
• to schedule/convene/arrange/organize/call a meeting
• Helen will chair the meeting (= be in charge of it).
• The meeting was postponed.
• an annual meeting
• a board/council/committee/public meeting
• a series of meetings
• What time is the meeting?
• Three speakers addressed the meeting.
• I'll be in a meeting all morning—can you take my calls?
• The issue will be discussed at the next board meeting.
• a meeting of the United Nations Security Council
• She is due to have a meeting with senior government officials.
• A public meeting about the proposal takes place on Monday.
• This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since they took office.
• Facilities include nine meeting rooms.
• They rely on videoconferencing for virtual meetings.

Extra Examples

• He was summoned to a meeting with the head of the department.
• It is unclear whether the meeting will go ahead as planned.
• Management have called a joint meeting with staff and unions.
• Opposition has been expressed at community meetings.
• Our group meetings take place on Saturdays.
• She headed off to her budget meeting.
• The chairperson opened the meeting.
• The meeting adjourned for coffee at eleven.
• The meeting broke up after a row over whether to allow cameras in.
• The meeting closed on a sour note.
• The meeting dragged into the early hours of the next day.
• The organization holds various regional meetings.
• We had an editorial meeting about it.
2. the people at a meeting
• The meeting will discuss how to resolve the ongoing crisis in this region.
• The meeting voted to accept the pay offer.
• Mr Wade told the meeting that a one-way system would make the town safer.

Extra Examples

• The meeting expressed concern that the problem had still not been addressed.
• The meeting heard that two workers had been fired with no official reason given.
• The meeting voted 423–133 in favour of a strike.
• This meeting urges the company to reconsider its decision to close the factory.
3. a situation in which two or more people meet together, because they have arranged it or by chance
• At our first meeting I was nervous.
• It was a chance meeting that would change my life.
• He remembered their childhood meetings with nostalgia.
• The meeting of father and son after so long was a joyous occasion.
• This was only my second meeting with him.

Extra Examples

• Jay drove to the meeting spot.
• The arts space serves as a meeting ground for professional artists.
4. a sports event or set of races, especially for horses
• COMPARE meet (1)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/meet_2#meet_sng_21
• an athletics meeting
• a race meeting
• The horse has won at all of his previous meetings this season.
5. an occasion when people, especially Quakers, come together for worship
• SEE ALSO prayer meeting
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/prayer-meeting
• Quaker meetings are held here every week.
6. a close understanding between people with similar ideas, especially when they meet to do something or meet for the first time
• a meeting of minds between the two artists