meeting
n 1: a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will
be in Chicago"
2: a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal
meeting in my livingroom" [syn: {get together}]
3: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers
their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in
the hallway" [syn: {encounter}]
4: the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his
meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
[syn: {coming together}]
5: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two
groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
[syn: {merging}, {coming together}]
6: a place where two things come together; "Pittsburgh is
located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela
rivers" [syn: {confluence}, {junction}]