meet·ing /ˈmitɪŋ/
 會議,集會,會見;會合點
 Meet v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.]
 1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.
 2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.
 3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.
    His daughter came out to meet him.   --Judg. xi. 34.
 4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.
 Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
 Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.   --Pope.
 5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.
 To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.
 Meet·ing n.
 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 harmonious 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.
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 meeting
      n 1: a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will
           be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
      2: the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his
         meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
         [syn: coming together]
      3: a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal
         meeting in my livingroom" [syn: get together]
      4: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers
         their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in
         the hallway" [syn: encounter]
      5: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two
         groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
         [syn: merging, coming together]
      6: a place where things merge or flow together (especially
         rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the
         Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: confluence]