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# meeting

«meeting» in Mova's school dictionary: **when people come together to talk about something, plan…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a meeting, meetings); verb, -ing form of meet (meet, meets, met, meeting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A meeting is when people come together to talk about something, plan or decide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#m1)

2) Meeting is the -ing form of meet: coming together with someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#m2)

3) A meeting is also the moment people meet: «our first meeting». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#m3)

4) (formal) A sports event: «an athletics meeting» (UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in school (parents' meeting, class meeting), work and everyday life. Phrases: «have a meeting», «in a meeting», «meeting point», «meeting place». Safety: agree a meeting point in case you get lost.

### examples

- The teachers have a meeting after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#x1)
- Mum is in a meeting and can't talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#x2)
- I'm meeting my friend at the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#x3)
- If we get separated, the meeting point is the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#x4)
- Their first meeting was at the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#x5)
- The school council meeting is on Fridays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#x6)
- Oh, what a happy meeting it was! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/#x7)

### note

Countable as a noun. Verb is irregular: meet, met, met. In maths, «meeting» problems ask when two moving people meet: if they walk towards each other, add their speeds.

### In the corpora

- [A job interview is a meeting where an employer asks questions to decide whom to hire; several people usually compete for one job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/8/)
- [RABBIT", and Alice goes in without knocking and hurries upstairs, afraid of meeting the real Mary Ann and being turned out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/11/)
- [The doubles are not mistakes; they are the end of the prefix meeting the start of the word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/4/)
- ["Freshen up" usually means go to the toilet and wash, often before a meal or meeting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/12/)
- ["Working towards" on a UK report means not yet meeting the expected standard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «meeting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meeting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.