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

1. Accidentally be in the same place and interact with (someone)
   "How nice to meet you again!";
   - run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
    
2. Get together socially or for a specific purpose
   - get together
    
3. Be adjacent or come together
   "The lines meet at this point";
   - converge
    
4. Obtain something that is wanted, needed or required
   "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"; "meet a need";
   - fit, conform to, satisfy, fill, fulfill [N. Amer], fulfil [Brit, Cdn]
    
5. (of people) collect in one place
   "Let's meet in the dining room";
   - gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
    
6. Get to know; get acquainted with
   "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
    
7. See by arrangement; be present at the arrival of
   "Can you meet me at the train station?"
    
8. Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
   "Princeton meets Yale this weekend";
   - encounter, play, take on
    
9. Experience as a reaction
   "My proposal met with much opposition";
   - encounter, receive
    
10. Undergo or suffer
    "meet a violent death";
    - suffer
     
11. Be in direct physical contact with; make contact
    "The two buildings meet";
    - touch, adjoin, contact

Sounds like: meats, meets, meting, me

Derived forms: meetings

Type of: assemblage, assembly, cater, convergence, convergency, converging, experience, gathering, geographic point, geographical point, go through, have, interact, ply, provide, see, social affair, social gathering, supply, undergo

Antonym: diverge

Encyclopedia: Meeting