- [countable] an occasion when people come together to discuss or decide something
- A hundred people attended the public meeting.
- The meeting will be held in the school hall.
- to schedule/convene/arrange/organize/call a meeting
- Helen will chair the meeting (= be in charge of it).
- The meeting was postponed.
- an annual meeting
- a board/council/committee/public meeting
- a series of meetings
- What time is the meeting?
- in a meeting I'll be in a meeting all morning—can you take my calls?
- at a meeting The issue will be discussed at the next board meeting.
- meeting of somebody/something a meeting of the United Nations Security Council
- meeting with somebody She is due to have a meeting with senior government officials.
- meeting about something A public meeting about the proposal takes place on Monday.
- meeting between A and B This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since they took office.
- Facilities include nine meeting rooms.
- They rely on videoconferencing for virtual meetings.
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea1, Businessa1- He was summoned to a meeting with the head of the department.
- It is unclear whether the meeting will go ahead as planned.
- Management have called a joint meeting with staff and unions.
- Opposition has been expressed at community meetings.
- Our group meetings take place on Saturdays.
- She headed off to her budget meeting.
- The chairperson opened the meeting.
- The meeting adjourned for coffee at eleven.
- The meeting broke up after a row over whether to allow cameras in.
- The meeting closed on a sour note.
- The meeting dragged into the early hours of the next day.
- The organization holds various regional meetings.
- We had an editorial meeting about it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- frequent
- regular
- annual
- …
- series
- have
- hold
- arrange
- …
- go ahead
- happen
- occur
- …
- facilities
- hall
- house
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- in a/the meeting
- meeting about
- meeting among
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- the purpose of a meeting
- the minutes of a meeting
- the chair of a meeting
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- the meeting[singular] the people at a meeting
- The meeting will discuss how to resolve the ongoing crisis in this region.
- The meeting voted to accept the pay offer.
- Three speakers addressed the meeting.
- Mr Wade told the meeting that a one-way system would make the town safer.
Extra Examples- The meeting expressed concern that the problem had still not been addressed.
- The meeting heard that two workers had been fired with no official reason given.
- The meeting voted 423–133 in favour of a strike.
- This meeting urges the company to reconsider its decision to close the factory.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- frequent
- regular
- annual
- …
- series
- have
- hold
- arrange
- …
- go ahead
- happen
- occur
- …
- facilities
- hall
- house
- …
- in a/the meeting
- meeting about
- meeting among
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- the purpose of a meeting
- the minutes of a meeting
- the chair of a meeting
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- [countable] a situation in which two or more people meet together, because they have arranged it or by chance synonym encounter
- at a meeting At our first meeting I was nervous.
- It was a chance meeting that would change my life.
- He remembered their childhood meetings with nostalgia.
- meeting of/between A and B The meeting of father and son after so long was a joyous occasion.
- meeting with somebody This was only my second meeting with him.
Extra Examples- Jay drove to the meeting spot.
- The arts space serves as a meeting ground for professional artists.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accidental
- chance
- unexpected
- …
- have
- meeting with
- [countable] (British English) a sports event or set of races, especially for horses
- an athletics meeting
- a race meeting
- The horse has won at all of his previous meetings this season.
- an occasion when people, especially Quakers, come together for worship
- Quaker meetings are held here every week.
Idioms
See meeting in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee meeting in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha meeting of minds
- a close understanding between people with similar ideas, especially when they meet to do something or meet for the first time
- a meeting of minds between the two artists
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