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Noun

S: (n) meeting (meeting%1:14:00::), group meeting (group_meeting%1:14:00::) (a formally arranged gathering) "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
S: (n) meeting (meeting%1:14:01::), get together (get_together%1:14:00::) (a small informal social gathering) "there was an informal meeting in my living room"
S: (n) meeting (meeting%1:11:00::), encounter (encounter%1:11:00::) (a casual or unexpected convergence) "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
S: (n) meeting (meeting%1:04:00::), coming together (coming_together%1:04:00::), congress (congress%1:04:01::) (the social act of assembling for some common purpose) "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"; "the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress"
S: (n) merging (merging%1:04:02::), meeting (meeting%1:04:02::), coming together (coming_together%1:04:02::) (the act of joining together as one) "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
S: (n) confluence (confluence%1:15:00::), meeting (meeting%1:15:00::) (a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)) "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"

Verb

S: (v) meet (meet%2:38:01::), run into (run_into%2:38:01::), encounter (encounter%2:38:00::), run across (run_across%2:38:00::), come across (come_across%2:38:00::), see (see%2:38:00::) (come together) "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
S: (v) meet (meet%2:41:01::), get together (get_together%2:41:01::) (get together socially or for a specific purpose)
S: (v) converge (converge%2:42:00::), meet (meet%2:42:02::) (be adjacent or come together) "The lines converge at this point"
S: (v) fit (fit%2:34:00::), conform to (conform_to%2:34:00::), meet (meet%2:34:00::), satisfy (satisfy%2:34:01::), fill (fill%2:34:02::), fulfill (fulfill%2:34:00::), fulfil (fulfil%2:34:00::) (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction) "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"; "This job doesn't match my dreams"; "meet a need"
S: (v) meet (meet%2:41:00::), gather (gather%2:41:00::), assemble (assemble%2:41:00::), forgather (forgather%2:41:00::), foregather (foregather%2:41:00::) (collect in one place) "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
S: (v) meet (meet%2:41:03::) (get to know; get acquainted with) "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
S: (v) meet (meet%2:38:06::) (meet by design; be present at the arrival of) "Can you meet me at the train station?"
S: (v) meet (meet%2:33:00::), encounter (encounter%2:33:00::), play (play%2:33:02::), take on (take_on%2:33:01::) (contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle) "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
S: (v) meet (meet%2:42:00::), encounter (encounter%2:42:02::), receive (receive%2:42:00::) (experience as a reaction) "My proposal met with much opposition"
S: (v) suffer (suffer%2:39:02::), meet (meet%2:39:00::) (undergo or suffer) "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
S: (v) touch (touch%2:35:01::), adjoin (adjoin%2:35:03::), meet (meet%2:35:00::), contact (contact%2:35:03::) (be in direct physical contact with; make contact) "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"