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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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quorum
English
Etymology
From Latin qu?rum, genitive plural form of qu? (“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kw??.??m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?kw???.?m/
- Rhymes: -????m
- Hyphenation: quo?rum
Noun
quorum (plural quorums or quora)
- The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.
- We can discuss the issue tonight, but cannot vote until we have a quorum.
- A selected body of persons.
Usage notes
The plural quora is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it is not grammatically correct: in Latin quorum is a plural pronoun, not a singular noun.
Derived terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin qu?rum
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.??m/
Noun
quorum m (plural quorums)
- quorum
Italian
Etymology
From Latin qu?rum, genitive plural form of qu? (“who, which”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kw?.rum/
- Rhymes: -?rum
- Hyphenation: quò?rum
Noun
quorum m (invariable)
- quorum (minimum number of members required)
See also
- referendum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?k?o?.rum/, [?k?o?????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kwo.rum/, [?kw???um]
Pronoun
qu?rum
- genitive masculine plural of qu?
- genitive neuter plural of qu?
Adjective
qu?rum
- genitive masculine plural of qu?
- genitive neuter plural of qu?
Pronoun
qu?rum
- genitive masculine plural of quis
- genitive neuter plural of quis
Descendants
- English: quorum
- French: quorum m
- Irish: córam
- Italian: quorum
- Polish: kworum
- Portuguese: quórum m
- Russian: ?????? m (kvorum)
- Spanish: cuórum m
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kf?.rum/
Noun
quorum n (indeclinable)
- Alternative spelling of kworum.
Further reading
- quorum in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- quorum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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