Definitions for meeting

(a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson")

(a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room")

(a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway")

(the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day")

(the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds")

(a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers")

(come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!")

(get together socially or for a specific purpose)

(be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point")

(fill or meet a want or need)

(satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?")

(satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams")

(collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room")

(get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore")

(meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?")

(contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary")

(experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition")

(undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate")

(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")