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 |
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 |
traumatology accident surgery | the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents |
accident stroke fortuity chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause, winning the lottery was a happy accident, the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck, it was due to an accident or fortuity |
accident | an unfortunate mishap, especially one causing damage or injury |
act of God force majeure vis major inevitable accident unavoidable casualty | a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events, he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God |
fatal accident casualty | an accident that causes someone to die |
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 |
swimming meet swim meet | a swimming competition between two or more teams |
track meet | a track and field competition between two or more teams |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
stroke apoplexy cerebrovascular accident CVA | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain |
meet encounter play take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle, Princeton plays Yale this weekend, Charlie likes to play Mary |
meet satisfy fill fulfill fulfil | fill or meet a want or need |
touch adjoin meet contact | 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 |
meet | meet by design, be present at the arrival of, Can you meet me at the train station? |
meet up with | meet with by appointment, She met up with her former lover |
meet run into encounter run across come across see | come together, I'll probably see you at the meeting, How nice to see you again! |
suffer meet | undergo or suffer, meet a violent death, suffer a terrible fate |
meet gather assemble forgather foregather | collect in one place, We assembled in the church basement, Let's gather in the dining room |
meet get together | get together socially or for a specific purpose |
meet match cope with | satisfy or fulfill, meet a need, this job doesn't match my dreams |
meet | get to know, get acquainted with, I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!, we met in Singapore |
meet fit conform to | satisfy a condition or restriction, Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree? |
converge meet | be adjacent or come together, The lines converge at this point |
meet encounter receive | experience as a reaction, My proposal met with much opposition |
go-to-meeting(a) Sunday-go-to-meeting(a) | used of clothing, my good clothes, her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes |
accident-prone | having more than the average number of accidents |
fitting meet | being precisely fitting and right, it is only meet that she should be seated first |