noun (n)

• a formally arranged gathering(noun.group)

  Example:
  Next year the meeting will be in Chicago.
  The meeting elected a chairperson.
  

  Synonym:
  group meeting
  

  source: wordnet30
• a small informal social gathering(noun.group)

  Example:
  There was an informal meeting in my living room.
  

  Synonym:
  get together
  

  source: wordnet30
• a casual or unexpected convergence(noun.event)

  Example:
  He still remembers their meeting in Paris.
  

  Synonym:
  encounter
  

  source: wordnet30
• the social act of assembling for some common purpose(noun.act)

  Example:
  His meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day.
  

  Synonym:
  coming together
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of joining together as one(noun.act)

  Example:
  There was no meeting of minds.
  

  Synonym:
  coming together, merging
  

  source: wordnet30
• a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  confluence
  

  source: wordnet30
• A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.(noun)

  source: webster1913