Word Meanings - MEETING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress. 2. A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers. 3. A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting.

Additional info about word: MEETING

1. A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress. 2. A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers. 3. A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting. 4. An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters. Syn. -- Conference; assembly; company; convention; congregation; junction; confluence; union.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MEETING)

• Assembly
• Meeting
• concourse
• assemblage
• multitude
• group
• synod
• conclave
• conference
• convocation
• unison
• company
• congregation
• collection
• crowd
• gathering
• convention
• aggregate
• Confluence
• Conflux
• meeting
• convergence
• concurrence
• Convention
• Assemblage
• cabinet
• congress
• session
• treaty
• compact
• Council
• Cabinet
• bureau
• chamber
• consultation
• parliament
• assembly
• Interview
• Colloquy
• confabulation

Related words: (words related to MEETING)

• MEETER
  One who meets.
• CONFERENCE
  A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. Conference meeting,
• CONVENTIONALLY
  In a conventional manner.
• CHAMBERING
  Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13.
• COLLOQUY
  1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation. They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. A. Wood. 2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation
• UNISONANCE
  Accordance of sounds; unison.
• CONGRESSIVE
  Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
• CHAMBERER
  1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger.
• CONVENTIONAL
  1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by
• CONCURRENCE
  1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke. 2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion;
• CONVENTIONALISM
  The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
• CROWD
  1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer. 2. To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us." Shak. 3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. The balconies and verandas
• BUREAUCRAT
  An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.
• COMPACT
  1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
• COMPACTIBLE
  That may be compacted.
• CHAMBERED
  Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
• CONGRESSMAN
  A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.
• CONVOCATIONIST
  An advocate or defender of convocation.
• CONVENTIONIST
  One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
• CONFLUXIBILITY
  The tendency of fluids to run together. Boyle.
• MEGATHEROID
  One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
• STAR-CHAMBER
  An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed
• TRUST COMPANY
  Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
• WATCH MEETING
  A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
• TAXGATHERER
  One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.