meeting
     n 1: a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will
          be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
     2: the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his
        meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
        [syn: {coming together}]
     3: a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal
        meeting in my livingroom" [syn: {get together}]
     4: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers
        their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in
        the hallway" [syn: {encounter}]
     5: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two
        groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
        [syn: {merging}, {coming together}]
     6: a place where things merge or flow together (especially
        rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the
        Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: {confluence}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0