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throng
English
Etymology
From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ?eþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangw?, *þrangw? (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenk?- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: thr?ng, IPA(key): /????/
- (US) enPR: thrông, thr?ng, IPA(key): /????/, /????/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
throng (plural throngs)
- A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
- Synonyms: crowd, multitude
- 1939, Ammianus Marcellinus, John Carew Rolfe, Ammianus Marcellinus, Volume 1, Harvard University Press, page 463:
- Here, mingled with the Persians, who were rushing to the higher ground with the same effort as ourselves, we remained motionless until sunrise of the next day, so crowded together that the bodies of the slain, held upright by the throng, could nowhere find room to fall, and that in front of me a soldier with his head cut in two, and split into equal halves by a powerful sword stroke, was so pressed on all sides that he stood erect like a stump.
- A group of things; a host or swarm.
Translations
Verb
throng (third-person singular simple present throngs, present participle thronging, simple past and past participle thronged)
- (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
- (intransitive) To congregate.
- c. 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act II scene i[3]:
- […] I have seen the dumb men throng to see him and / The blind to bear him speak: […]
- c. 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act II scene i[3]:
- (transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
- Much people followed him, and thronged him.
Related terms
- thring
Translations
Adjective
throng (comparative more throng, superlative most throng)
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) Filled with persons or objects; crowded.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) Busy; hurried.
- 1903, Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, ch 59:
- Mr Shaw was very civil; he said he was rather throng just now, but if Ernest did not mind the sound of hammering he should be very glad of a talk with him.
- 1903, Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, ch 59:
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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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