| merging meeting coming together | the act of joining together as one, the merging of the two groups occurred quickly, there was no meeting of minds |
| election | the act of selecting someone or something, the exercise of deliberate choice, her election of medicine as a profession |
| election | a vote to select the winner of a position or political office, the results of the election will be announced tonight |
| general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
primary
primary election | a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen |
by-election
bye-election | a special election between regular elections |
| election fraud | misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election |
prayer meeting
prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
meeting
coming together | the social act of assembling for some common purpose, his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day |
forum
assembly meeting place | a public facility to meet for open discussion |
| right of election | in probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute |
| election | the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) |
| writ of election | a writ ordering the holding of an election |
meeting
encounter | a casual or unexpected convergence, he still remembers their meeting in Paris, there was a brief encounter in the hallway |
meet
sports meeting | a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
| race meeting | a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track, the Epsom race meeting was an important social event |
meeting
group meeting | a formally arranged gathering, next year the meeting will be in Chicago, the meeting elected a chairperson |
board meeting
committee meeting | a meeting for administrative purposes |
| camp meeting | religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days |
| stockholders meeting | a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company |
| meeting get together | a small informal social gathering, there was an informal meeting in my living room |
| town meeting | government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
summit
summit meeting | a meeting of heads of governments |
| town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
| election commission | a commission delegated to supervise an election |
rally
mass meeting | a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm |
luncheon meeting
lunch meeting | a meeting for lunch, usually to conduct business while eating |
revival
revival meeting | an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion |
voting precinct
election district | one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting, each contains one polling place |
confluence
meeting | a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers), Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers |
meeting house
honeysuckle Aquilegia canadensis | columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers |
| election | the status or fact of being elected, they celebrated his election |
concurrence
meeting of minds | a state of cooperation |
| sense of the meeting | general agreement reached by an assembled group, no vote was taken, but after each discussion the chair summed up the sense of the meeting |
polling day
election day | the day appointed for an election, in the United States it is the st Tuesday after the st Monday in November |
go-to-meeting(a)
Sunday-go-to-meeting(a) | used of clothing, my good clothes, her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes |