What is the meaning of meeting?

noun

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

verb

• Come together.
  • usage: "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again"
  • synonyms: meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
• Get together socially or for a specific purpose.
  • synonyms: meet, get together
• Be adjacent or come together.
  • usage: "The lines converge at this point"
  • synonyms: converge, meet
• Fill or meet a want or need.
  • synonyms: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
• Satisfy a condition or restriction.
  • usage: "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree"
  • synonyms: meet, fit, conform to
• Satisfy or fulfill.
  • usage: "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
  • synonyms: meet, match, cope with
• Collect in one place.
  • usage: "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
  • synonyms: meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
• Get to know; get acquainted with.
  • usage: "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night"; "we met in Singapore"
  • synonyms: meet
• Meet by design; be present at the arrival of.
  • usage: "Can you meet me at the train station"
  • synonyms: meet
• Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.
  • usage: "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
  • synonyms: meet, encounter, play, take on
• Experience as a reaction.
  • usage: "My proposal met with much opposition"
  • synonyms: meet, encounter, receive
• Undergo or suffer.
  • usage: "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
  • synonyms: suffer, meet
• Be in direct physical contact with; make contact.
  • usage: "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
  • synonyms: touch, adjoin, meet, contact