- meeting
- noun1 when people come together to discuss/decide sthADJECTIVE▪ frequent, regular▪ annual, biannual, biennial, daily, monthly, quarterly, weekly▪ all-day, day-long, hour-long▪ two-hour, etc.▪ afternoon, breakfast, lunch (esp. AmE), lunchtime (BrE), weekend, etc.▪ spring, winter, etc.▪ full (esp. BrE), plenary▪ formal, official▪ informal▪ first, founding, inaugural▪ mass▪ open-air (esp. BrE)▪ town (esp. AmE), town-hall (AmE)▪ international, local, national, regional▪
The organization holds various regional meetings.
▪ open, public▪ closed, closed-door (esp. AmE), private▪ secret▪ joint▪Management have called a joint meeting with staff and unions.
▪ general▪The society is holding its Annual General Meeting in the conference room next Monday.
▪ face-to-face, one-on-one, personal▪ bilateral, trilateral▪ high-level, summit, top-level▪ exploratory, initial, introductory, preliminary, preparatory▪ interim▪ follow-up▪ final▪ extraordinary, special▪ crisis (esp. BrE), emergency, urgent▪ crucial, historic, important, key, vital (esp. BrE)▪ impromptu▪ scheduled▪ mandatory▪We called a mandatory meeting of our department heads this morning.
▪ board, cabinet, committee, corporate, council, departmental, executive, faculty (esp. AmE), family, management, ministerial, shareholder, shareholders' (BrE), staff, team, union▪ AA, PTA, etc.▪ organizational (esp. AmE)▪ business, sales▪ political▪ professional (esp. AmE)▪She was a frequent invited speaker at professional meetings.
▪ editorial▪We had an editorial meeting about it.
▪ scientific▪ discussion▪ protest (esp. BrE)▪ planning▪It was decided at a planning meeting.
▪ budget▪She headed off to her budget meeting.
▪ informational (AmE)▪ prayer, revival (esp. AmE)▪ camp (= religious meeting held outside or in a large tent) (AmE)▪ class (AmE)▪The students had a class meeting about cheating.
▪ group▪Our group meetings take place on Saturdays.
▪ chapter (AmE)▪both national and local chapter meetings
▪ community▪Opposition has been expressed at community meetings.
▪ virtual▪They now have virtual meetings over the Internet.
▪ brief, short▪ endless, interminable, long▪We had endless meetings about the problem.
▪The meeting seemed interminable.
▪ boring▪ angry (esp. BrE), contentious, difficult, stormy, tense▪ productive, successful… OF MEETINGS▪ seriesVERB + MEETING▪ have, hold▪ arrange, call, convene, organize, schedule, set (AmE), set up▪The committee has called a meeting to discuss the president's death.
▪ attend, join▪ summon sb to▪He was summoned to a meeting with the head of the department.
▪ observe (esp. AmE)▪ begin, open, start▪The chairperson opened the meeting.
▪ close, conclude, dismiss, end, finish▪ adjourn, break up▪ call off, cancel▪ postpone▪ host▪ chair, conduct, facilitate, preside at (esp. AmE), preside over▪I have to chair a meeting tomorrow.
▪ run▪The employees who run the meetings stick to a strict agenda.
▪ call to order▪The chairman called the meeting to order.
▪ participate in▪ address▪He always spoke as if he were addressing a public meeting.
▪ sponsor▪a meeting sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations
▪ demand, request▪ get▪One phone call was enough to get an initial meeting.
▪ ban (esp. BrE)▪ boycott▪ disruptMEETING + VERB▪ go ahead (esp. BrE), happen, occur, take place▪The meeting never happened.
▪It is unclear whether the meeting will take place as planned.
▪ be aimed at sth▪a meeting aimed at restoring peace in the region
▪ begin, open, proceed, start▪ adjourn▪The meeting adjourned for coffee at eleven.
▪ break up▪The meeting broke up after a row over whether to allow cameras in.
▪ close, conclude, end▪The meeting closed on a sour note.
▪ vote (esp. BrE)▪The meeting voted 423–133 for a strike.
▪ discuss sth▪ focus on sth▪The meetings focused on ways of cutting costs.
▪ approve sth (esp. BrE)▪ hear sth (esp. BrE)▪The meeting heard that two workers had been fired with no official reason given.
▪ decide sth, resolve sth (both BrE)▪ produce sth, result in sth▪These meetings produced a settlement agreement.
▪ drag, drag on▪The meeting dragged into the early hours of the next day.
MEETING + NOUN▪ facilities, hall, house, place, room, space (esp. AmE)▪ ground (esp. AmE), point, site (AmE), spot (esp. AmE)▪The arts space serves as a meeting ground for professional artists.
▪Jay drove to the meeting spot.
▪ planner (AmE)▪his job as corporate meeting planner
▪ agenda (esp. AmE)▪ schedule (esp. AmE)PREPOSITION▪ in a/the meeting▪I'm afraid Mrs Haley is in a meeting at the moment.
▪ meeting about▪a meeting about the plans for a new road
▪ meeting among (esp. AmE)▪an informal meeting among the members of the Press Agents Association
▪ meeting between▪a meeting between tutors and students
▪ meeting for▪a meeting for parents
▪ meeting on▪We hold public meetings on this topic.
▪ meeting over (BrE)▪Directors called a crisis meeting over the future of the company.
▪ meeting with▪a meeting with French officials
PHRASES▪ the purpose of a meeting▪ the minutes of a meeting▪The secretary circulated the minutes of the previous week's meeting to all committee members.
▪ the chair of a meeting, the chairman of a meeting2 coming together of two or more peopleADJECTIVE▪ accidental, chance, unexpected▪ fateful▪ clandestine, secret▪ historic, unprecedented▪ emotional (esp. BrE)▪ romanticVERB + MEETING▪ havePREPOSITION▪ meeting with▪I had a chance meeting with an old friend last week.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
