noun
a formally arranged gathering
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- next year the meeting will be in Chicago
- the meeting elected a chairperson
noun
a small informal social gathering
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- there was an informal meeting in my living room
noun
a casual or unexpected convergence
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- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
noun
the social act of assembling for some common purpose
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- his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day
- the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress
noun
the act of joining together as one
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- the merging of the two groups occurred quickly
- there was no meeting of minds
noun
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
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- Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers