ENGLISH: meeting - CREOLE: reinyon



Overview of noun meeting



The noun meeting has 6 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)



1. (506) meeting, group meeting -- (a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson")

2. (115) meeting, coming together -- (the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day")

3. (46) meeting, get together -- (a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room")

4. (25) meeting, encounter -- (a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway")

5. (6) merging, meeting, coming together -- (the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds")

6. (2) confluence, meeting -- (a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers")



Overview of verb meet



The verb meet has 13 senses (first 13 from tagged texts)



1. (50) meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see -- (come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!")

2. (38) meet, get together -- (get together socially or for a specific purpose)

3. (33) converge, meet -- (be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point")

4. (23) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil -- (fill or meet a want or need)

5. (18) meet, fit, conform to -- (satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?")

6. (15) meet, match, cope with -- (satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams")

7. (14) meet -- (get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore")

8. (14) meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather -- (collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room")

9. (12) meet -- (meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?")

10. (8) meet, encounter, play, take on -- (contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary")

11. (7) meet, encounter, receive -- (experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition")

12. (3) suffer, meet -- (undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate")

13. (3) touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (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")

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