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单词 meeting
释义 meeting
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of meten to meet — more at meet
: an act or process of coming together: as
 a. archaic : duel
 b. : a chance or planned encounter
  < his first meeting with the man in many years >
 c.
  (1) : an assembly for religious worship
   < attended meeting on Sunday >
   < stood in the dark across the road from a Negro church where they were holding meeting — Edwin Granberry >
  (2) dialect England : a congregation of religious dissenters or their house of worship
  (3) : the permanent governing organization of a congregation of the Society of Friends or that of a regional group of congregations
 d. : a gathering for business, social, or other purposes
  < a meeting of the board of directors >
  < a meeting of Congress >
 e. : a horse or dog-racing session extending for a stated term of days at one track
  < begins the metropolitan racing season with a 21-day meeting in April — American Guide Series: New York City >
 f. : confluence, intersection, junction
  < the meeting of two great rivers >
 g. : a place of meeting
 h. : a joint in carpentry or masonry
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of meet (I)
1. : that meets : marked by or used for meeting
2. obsolete : responsive
 < immortal verse such as the meeting soul may pierce — John Milton >
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