meeting

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
2. (countable, uncountable) A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
3. (collective, countable, uncountable) The people at such a gathering.
4. (countable, uncountable) An encounter between people, even accidental.
5. (countable, uncountable) A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
6. (countable, dated, uncountable) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
7. (Quakerism, countable, uncountable) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Verb

present participle and gerund of meet

meet

• Verb
• Noun
• Adj

Lees meer

Sinonieme

assembly

gathering

conference

encounter

union

convention

session

council

interview

reunion

🇷🇪

congress

rendezvous

appointment

date

📅

audience

coming together

rally

get-together

convocation

assemblage

joining

confluence

association

consultation

congregation

sitting

junction

society

encountering

get together

party

🥳

powwow

acquaintance

meet

intercourse

reception

facing

tryst

conclave

discussion

combination

contact

conjunction

seeing

assignation

meet with

merging

lecture

introduction

confronting

Vertalings

réunion

Treffen

reunión

Versammlung

riunione

rencontre

reunião

incontro

assemblea

assemblée

encuentro

rassemblement

Zusammenkunft

vergadering

encontro

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmiːtɪŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: meeting

Geërf van Old English: mēting

Verwante met Fries: moeting

Verwante met Nederlands: ontmoeting

Verwante met Middle Low German: mö̂tinge

Verwante met Deens: møde

Verwante met Sweeds: möte

Verwante met Yslands: mót

Geërf van Middle English: metynge

Geërf van Old English: mētende

In summary

From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”), Middle Low German mö̂tinge (“meeting”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.

Sinne

Matthew had questions about his ancestry and ended up meeting his biological father .