meeting

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Although the meeting was a ticket meeting, the hall was stormed, and the loyal address to the Queen captured and carried off in triumph by my friends.

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  1. noun The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
  2. noun An assembly or gathering of people, as for a business, social, or religious purpose.
  3. idiom meeting of the minds Agreement; concord.

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  • The place of the meeting was a grove in the edge of the town, the speakers occupying an improvised stand. —  The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln
  • The security council will meet on Sunday evening after a Japanese request for a meeting was approved, though council members China and Russia are expected to call for restraint in handling North Korea. —  The Latest From www.inthenews.co.uk
  • The planning board missed the time frame by just one day as the meeting was announced Sept. 12 and the hearing was held 13 days later, rather than the 14 days required. —  News from www.thesunchronicle.com
  • The backdrop for the meeting was the still-fragile economy that has begun to show hints of a possible recovery, including a strong profit forecast from Wells Fargo & Co., a drop in claims for unemployment benefits and predictions of solid April sales from several retailers. —  BusinessWeek.com --
  • The backdrop for the meeting was the still-fragile economy that has begun to show hints of a possible recovery, including a strong profit forecast from Wells Fargo and Co., a drop in claims for unemployment benefits and predictions of solid April sales from several retailers.
 

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  1. from Middle English metinge; verbal noun of meet, v.
 

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