meeting
1 different kinds of meeting
2 organizing and controlling a meeting
3 taking part in a meeting
see also MEET, SPEAK
1 different kinds of meeting
- an occasion where people come together at a particular time and place to talk about something: meeting; verb: meet*
What time is the staff meeting today? ◎ We're meeting at ten o'clock in Room 8.
- a large formal meeting where people discuss political or professional subjects: conference
an international conference on the environment
- a small group of people who have regular meetings to discuss the problems of the organization, club, etc which they belong to: committee; a meeting of this kind of group: committee meeting
- a meeting to ask sb questions: interview
a job interview
※ a meeting with a doctor, lawyer, etc
- a meeting, usually between two people, where one person gives professional help to the other: consultation
The specialist gives consultations between 9 am and 12 am.
- a particular time for a meeting with a doctor, lawyer, etc: appointment
I've got an appointment with Mr Green at eleven o'clock this morning. ◎ I must make an appointment to see the doctor today.
- if you do not go to the meeting that you have arranged, you break* the appointment
- if you go to the meeting that you have arranged, you keep* the appointment
2 organizing and controlling a meeting
- if people come together for a meeting, they have a meeting, hold* a meeting
Are we having a meeting on Monday? ◎ The conference will be held in June.
- to plan and prepare for a meeting: arrange sth, organize sth
It's my job to arrange the meetings. ◎ a well-organized conference
- to formally ask people to come to a meeting: call a meeting
We have a lot of problems to discuss. I shall have to call a meeting.
- to tell people not to come to a meeting that you have arranged: cancel sth
- to ask people to change the date of a meeting you have arranged, and to come later: postpone sth
- the person who is in charge of a committee or a meeting: chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, chair
- to be in charge of a meeting: chair sth, be in the chair, take* the chair
I'm chairing next week's committee meeting. ◎ Mrs Black was in the chair at the last meeting.
Note: you use chairperson or chair if you do not want to indicate whether the person is a man or a woman.
- when a meeting begins, sb opens it, it opens
- when a meeting ends, sb closes it, it closes
- if a meeting closes, but will start again later, it is adjourned, it adjourns
This meeting is adjourned. We will continue the discussion tomorrow. ◎ The meeting adjourned at five o'clock.
3 taking part in a meeting
- to go to a meeting: attend (sth); noun (U): attendance
I'm afraid I can't attend the meeting next week. ◎ It wasn't a good meeting; very few people attended. ◎ Attendance at Friday's meeting is not compulsory.
- the number of people present at a meeting: attendance (noun C/U)
There was a good attendance at the meeting.
- a person who goes to a meeting to speak for other people: delegate
- a group of people who go to a meeting to speak for others: delegation
- the list of subjects which people discuss at a meeting: agenda; if you have officially decided to talk about a subject at a meeting, it is on the agenda; one of the subjects on an agenda: item
We come to the next item on the agenda.
- the written record of what people said at a meeting: minutes (noun plural); to write down an official record of what people said at a meeting: take* the minutes
※ speaking at a meeting
- to speak for a specific period of time about a particular subject: speak*, make* a speech; the person who speaks at a formal meeting: speaker
I'm speaking at the European languages conference next week. ◎ He's always very nervous before making a speech.
- to speak about a new subject at a meeting: bring* sth up, raise sth
The meeting was quite friendly until their side brought up the subject of a pay rise.
- if sth is mentioned in a discussion, it comes* up
Did the subject of pay increases come up?
- to speak formally to the people at a meeting: address sb/sth
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- a term used for important meetings in certain organizations: Assembly
the UN General Assembly
- a large formal meeting where politicians, professional people, or people who share the same interests come together: congress, convention
There will be a congress in Athens this year to discuss European industry. ◎ the Democratic National Convention
- a large political meeting: rally
an election rally
- a meeting or a series of meetings of a court or a parliament: session
- an official meeting which takes place every year, for an organization to discuss the activities of the last year and to look at its financial situation: annual general meeting, AGM
- an idea which people discuss and vote on at a formal meeting: motion
- if the idea is accepted, the motion is carried; if it is not accepted, the motion is defeated
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