{
    "term": "meeting",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an occasion when people come together to discuss or decide something",
            "sensetop": "in a meetingat a meetingmeeting of somebody/somethingmeeting with somebodymeeting about somethingmeeting between A and B",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A hundred people **attended the** public **meeting**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **meeting** will be **held** in the school hall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **schedule/convene/arrange/organize/call a meeting**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Helen will **chair the meeting** *(= be in charge of it)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting was postponed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **annual meeting**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **board/council/committee/public meeting**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **series of meetings**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What time is the meeting?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll be in a meeting all morning—can you take my calls?",
                    "contextForm": "in a meeting"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The issue will be discussed at the next board meeting.",
                    "contextForm": "at a meeting"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a meeting of the United Nations Security Council",
                    "contextForm": "meeting of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is due to **have a meeting** with senior government officials.",
                    "contextForm": "meeting with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A public **meeting** about the proposal **takes place** on Monday.",
                    "contextForm": "meeting about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since they took office.",
                    "contextForm": "meeting between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Facilities include nine **meeting rooms**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They rely on videoconferencing for virtual meetings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was summoned to a meeting with the head of the department."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is unclear whether the meeting will go ahead as planned."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Management have called a joint meeting with staff and unions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Opposition has been expressed at community meetings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our group meetings take place on Saturdays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She headed off to her budget meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chairperson opened the meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting adjourned for coffee at eleven."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting broke up after a row over whether to allow cameras in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting closed on a sour note."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting dragged into the early hours of the next day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organization holds various regional meetings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had an editorial meeting about it."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["frequent", "regular", "annual"],
                "… of meetings": ["series"],
                "verb + meeting": ["have", "hold", "arrange"],
                "meeting + verb": ["go ahead", "happen", "occur"],
                "meeting + noun": ["facilities", "hall", "house"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the meeting", "meeting about", "meeting among"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the purpose of a meeting",
                    "the minutes of a meeting",
                    "the chair of a meeting"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the people at a meeting",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The meeting will discuss how to resolve the ongoing crisis in this region."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting voted to accept the pay offer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three speakers **addressed the meeting**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mr Wade told the meeting that a one-way system would make the town safer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting expressed concern that the problem had still not been addressed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting heard that two workers had been fired with no official reason given."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting voted 423–133 in favour of a strike."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This meeting urges the company to reconsider its decision to close the factory."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["frequent", "regular", "annual"],
                "… of meetings": ["series"],
                "verb + meeting": ["have", "hold", "arrange"],
                "meeting + verb": ["go ahead", "happen", "occur"],
                "meeting + noun": ["facilities", "hall", "house"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the meeting", "meeting about", "meeting among"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the purpose of a meeting",
                    "the minutes of a meeting",
                    "the chair of a meeting"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a situation in which two or more people meet together, because they have arranged it or by chance",
            "sensetop": "at a meetingmeeting of/between A and Bmeeting with somebody",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At our first meeting I was nervous.",
                    "contextForm": "at a meeting"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a **chance meeting** that would change my life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He remembered their childhood meetings with nostalgia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting of father and son after so long was a joyous occasion.",
                    "contextForm": "meeting of/between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was only my second meeting with him.",
                    "contextForm": "meeting with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jay drove to the meeting spot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The arts space serves as a meeting ground for professional artists."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "encounter",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accidental", "chance", "unexpected"],
                "verb + meeting": ["have"],
                "preposition": ["meeting with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a sports event or set of races, especially for horses",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an athletics meeting"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a race meeting"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The horse has won at all of his previous meetings this season."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "an occasion when people, especially Quakers, come together for worship",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Quaker meetings are held here every week."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a close understanding between people with similar ideas, especially when they meet to do something or meet for the first time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a meeting of minds between the two artists"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "me/meeting/meeting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "me/meeting/meeting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}