meetingmeet·ing /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ noun [countableC] an event at which people meet to talk and decide thingsWe had a meeting yesterday to discuss progress.
It was decided to hold a shareholders’ meeting later this month.
Two of the directors refused to attend the board meeting.
I’ve been in a meeting all afternoon.
The preliminary findings will be presented at a meeting next week.
meeting withRepresentatives of Middle Eastern banks were due in London this morning for a meeting with Bank of England officials.
meeting betweena meeting between unions and management
– The chairperson or chair is the person in charge of a meeting, especially an official meeting. He or she chairs the meeting. The agenda is a list of subjects to be discussed in the meeting. The last item on the agenda is usually AOB (=any other business). This is the time when people can discuss things that were not on the agenda. The minutes are an official record of what is said and decided at a meeting, and they often contain action points (=things that must be done as a result of the meeting).
– A
briefing is a meeting at which someone is given instructions and information about work they will be doing. A
session is a meeting that has a particular purpose
a training session
. A
conference call is a telephone call involving several people in different places discussing something. A
video conference is a meeting in which people in different places can see and speak to each other using special equipment.
– A
conference is a large formal meeting, usually lasting a day or several days, where people discuss important matters or subjects related to their job
a sales conference
. A
congress is an official meeting of representatives of different groups to discuss ideas, give information, and make decisions. A
summit is an important meeting or
round of meetings between the leaders of several governments
the G8 summit
.
→ annual general meeting → company meeting → creditors' meeting → extraordinary meeting → statutory meeting