meeting

meeting
n.

1) to call, convene a meeting

2) to arrange, hold, organize a meeting

3) to chair, conduct, preside over a meeting

4) to adjourn; break up a meeting

5) to call off, cancel a meeting

6) a chance; clandestine, secret; closed; mass; open; private; protest; public meeting

7) a board; business; cabinet; committee; departmental; faculty; prayer; staff; town meeting

8) an athletics meeting (BE; AE has track meet)

9) a race meeting (BE; AE has racing card)

10) a meeting between, of

11) at a meeting (I saw her at the meeting)

12) (misc.) to call a meeting to order

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['miːtɪŋ]
break up a meeting
cancel a meeting
clandestine
convene a meeting
departmental
mass: open
of
organize a meeting
preside over a meeting
public meeting
town meeting
(misc.) to call a meeting to order
a board
a chance
a meeting between
to adjourn
to arrange
to call off
to call. convene a meeting
to chair
a race meeting (BE; AE has racing card)
an athletics meeting (BE;AE has trackmeet)
at a meeting (I saw her at the meeting)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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