meeting

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. noun a formally arranged gathering
  2. noun a small informal social gathering
  3. noun a casual or unexpected convergence

Etymology

From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”), Middle Low German mö̂tinge (“meeting”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.

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Synonyms

group meeting

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