See Also: astound(dictionary)
astound(1)(dictionary)
astound(2)(dictionary)
Meeting(medicine)
meeting(dictionary)
meeting(dictionary)
Notice of meeting(finance)
Meeting planner(tourism)
town meeting(encyclopedia)
Special meeting(finance)

astound(1) (iou) and meeting (oh)


astound(1) (iou)



astound adjective. arch. ME.
[Phonet. devel. of astoned pa. pple of ASTONE.]
Stunned, insensible. ME-M18.
Astonished, amazed; confounded. LME.

meeting (oh)



an event at which people meet to discuss and decide things
::We're having a meeting next week to discuss the matter.
::Over a hundred and fifty people attended the meeting .
::Mrs Lavelle is in a meeting at the moment.
::The minister has called an emergency meeting .
meeting about/on
::There was a public meeting about the future of the gallery.
meeting with
::I've got a meeting with Mr Edwards this afternoon.
meeting of
::a meeting of senior politicians
meeting between
::a meeting between unions and Management
::Are you coming to the committee meeting this evening?
the meeting
formal all the people who are at a meeting
::I'd like to put a few ideas before the meeting.
[usually singular] when people meet each Other by chance or because they have arranged to do this
::I had felt drawn to Alice ever since our first meeting.
a Sports competition or a set of races for horses
meeting of minds
a situation in which two people have very similar ideas and understand each Other very well
::There was a real meeting of minds between the two leaders.
an event at which a group of Quakers (=a Christian religious group) pray together
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
have/hold a meeting
go to/attend a meeting
be in/at a meeting
call a meeting (=decide there will be a meeting)
public meeting
emergency meeting
General meeting especially BrE (=a meeting that anyone can come to)
committee/staff/board meeting (=a meeting of a particular group of people)
summit meeting (=a meeting between leaders of governments)