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meeting
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mi?t??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mit??/, [?mi???]
- Rhymes: -i?t??
- Homophone: meting
Etymology 1
From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English m?ting, ?em?ting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet +? -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.
Noun
meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)
- (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- We need to have a meeting about that soon.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said.
- In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said.
- (collective) The people at such a gathering.
- What has the meeting decided.
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
- Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
- (rural US, dated) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
- 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, p. 20:
- You use ta give a good meetin'. I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.
- 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, p. 20:
- (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
- Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
Usage notes
- When "meeting" is used to mean a Quaker administrative group, it is often qualified by an indication of how often the group holds regular business meetings, such as "monthly meeting", "quarterly meeting", or "yearly meeting". When the qualifier is omitted, the term is assumed to mean monthly meeting.
Synonyms
- assembly
- convocation
- gathering
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English metynge, metinde, metand, from Old English m?tende, *?em?tende, from Proto-Germanic *m?tijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *m?tijan? (“to meet”), equivalent to meet +? -ing.
Verb
meeting
- present participle of meet
Anagrams
- teeming
Czech
Alternative forms
- mítink
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mi?t??k]
Noun
meeting m
- meeting
Further reading
- meeting in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- meeting in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English meeting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ti?/
Noun
meeting m (plural meetings)
- large, public gathering (not used in other senses of "meeting")
- un meeting aérien
- an air show
- un meeting aérien
Further reading
- “meeting” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English meeting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi.tin?/, /?mi.tin/
- Hyphenation: mee?ting
Noun
meeting m (invariable)
- meeting (gathering of people for a purpose)
- Synonym: riunione
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- mítingue (prescriptive)
Etymology
Borrowed from English meeting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Portugal) /?mi.t?.?(?)/, [?mi.t?.?(?)]
Noun
meeting m (plural meetings)
- conference (a formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.)
- Synonym: conferência
- meeting, gathering (a gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.)
- Synonym: encontro
- meet (a sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.)
- Synonym: prova
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mitin/, [?mi.t??n]
Noun
meeting m (plural meetings)
- meeting
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mob
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?b, IPA(key): /m?b/
- (General American) enPR: m?b, IPA(key): /m?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Etymology 1
From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin m?bile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”). The video-gaming sense originates from English mobile, used by Richard Bartle for objects capable of movement in an early MUD.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- February 13, 1788, James Madison, Jr., Federalist No. 55
- Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
- February 13, 1788, James Madison, Jr., Federalist No. 55
- (collective noun) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- A flock of emus.
- The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
- 1986, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Under the Desert Stars, Dark Horse Books
- What if it is a mob killing? They can’t hurt me, but …
- (video games) A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
- 2002, "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)
- You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players.
- 2002, "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)
- (archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
- 2011 March 10, Allan Clarke, W.A. through Noongar eyes
- There’s nothing like local knowledge and after thousands of years living here the Noongar mob understand this land better than anyone, so it makes sense for them to tap into the lucrative tourism industry.
- 2011 March 10, Allan Clarke, W.A. through Noongar eyes
Synonyms
- (mafia): mafia, Mafia
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)
- (transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
- The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
- (transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
- The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.
Translations
Etymology 2
Alteration of mab.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- (obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute. [17th-18th c.]
- A mob cap.
- c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury
- cover their faces with mobs
- c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury
Derived terms
- mob cap
Verb
mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)
- (transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of mobile phone.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- mobile phone
Usage notes
- This is most often used in signwriting to match with the other three-letter abbreviations tel (“telephone”) and fax (“facsimile”).
Further reading
- Mob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References
Anagrams
- BMO, BOM, BoM, MBO, OMB
Danish
Verb
mob
- imperative of mobbe
French
Etymology
Abbreviated form of mobylette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?b/
Noun
mob f (plural mobs)
- (colloquial) scooter, moped
Further reading
- “mob” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mob/
Noun
mob (nominative plural mobs)
- suggestion
Declension
Derived terms
- mobön
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *?mun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with Iu Mien mun.
Verb
mob
- to be ill/sick; to hurt; to be unwell
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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