1. (

• meeting ,
• group_meeting

) a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" ;

2. (

• meeting ,
• get_together

) a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" ;

3. (

• meeting ,
• encounter

) a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" ;

4. (

• meeting ,
• coming_together ,
• congress ,

) the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"; "the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress" ;

5. (

• 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. (

• confluence ,
• meeting

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