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شبکه مترجمین ایران

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واژگان شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   noun when people come together to discuss/decide sth ADJ. frequent, regular | annual, biennial, half-yearly, monthly, quarterly, weekly, etc. | all-day, hour-long, two-hour, etc. | afternoon, breakfast, lunchtime, weekend, etc. | full, plenary | formal, informal | inaugural | mass | open-air | open, public | closed, private | secret | joint Management have called a joint meeting with staff and unions. | general The society is holding its Annual General Meeting in the conference room next Monday. | face-to-face, personal | bilateral, trilateral, tripartite | high-level, summit, top-level | exploratory, initial, introductory, preliminary, preparatory | follow-up | extraordinary, special | crisis, emergency, urgent | crucial, decisive, key, vital | impromptu | pre-inquiry, pre-session, pre-summit, etc. | post-election, post-results, etc. | board, cabinet, committee, council, departmental, family, ministerial, shareholders', staff, team, union | inter-governmental, inter-ministerial, inter-party, inter-tribal, etc. | business | political | discussion | protest | prayer | brief | endless, interminable, long We had endless meetings about the problem. The meeting seemed interminable. | angry, difficult, stormy | fruitless, inconclusive | successful, valuable QUANT. series VERB + MEETING have, hold | arrange, call, convene, organize, schedule, summon The committee has called a meeting to discuss the president's death. | attend | declare open, open The chairman declared the meeting open. | close, declare closed | adjourn, break up | call off, cancel | postpone | host | chair, conduct, preside over I've got to chair a meeting tomorrow. | call to order The chairman called the meeting to order. | participate in | address He always spoke as if he were addressing a public meeting. | ban | boycott | disrupt MEETING + VERB go ahead, take place It is unclear whether the meeting will go ahead as planned. | be aimed at sth a meeting aimed at restoring peace in the region | begin, open, proceed, start | adjourn The meeting adjourned for coffee at eleven. | break up The meeting broke up after a row over whether to allow cameras in. | close, end The meeting closed on a sour note. | vote The meeting voted 423?133 in favour of a strike. | discuss sth | agree to sth, approve sth | condemn sth | urge sth This meeting urges the company to reconsider its decision to close the factory. | express sth The meeting expressed concern that the problem had still not been addressed. | hear sth The meeting heard that two workers had been sacked on the spot with no official reason given. | conclude sth, decide sth, resolve sth | drag (on) The meeting dragged into the early hours of the next day. MEETING + NOUN house, place PREP. in a/the ~ I'm afraid Mrs Haley is in a meeting at the moment. | ~ about a meeting about the plans for a new road | ~ between a meeting between tutors and students | ~ for a meeting for parents | ~ over Directors called a crisis meeting over the future of the company. | ~ with a meeting with French officials PHRASES the purpose of a meeting, the minutes of a meeting The secretary circulated the minutes of the previous week's meeting to all committee members. | the outcome/result of a meeting coming together of two or more people ADJ. accidental, chance, unexpected | fateful | clandestine, secret | historic, unprecedented | emotional | romantic VERB + MEETING have PREP. ~ with I had a chance meeting with an old schoolfriend last week.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: noun conference: Everybody was at the meeting.

Simple Definitions

3 general:: meeting an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something: • a business meeting. • Mr Bell is in a meeting. • The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday. conference an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it: • Didn’t you give a talk at the conference last year? • a conference of women business leaders convention a large formal meeting of people who belong to a political party, or to an organization of people with the same interests: • the Democratic Party Convention • a convention for Star Trek fans rally a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something: • There was a massive peace rally in London. summit a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss important matters: • A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis. • next week’s economic summit caucus American English a local meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them at a larger meeting, or to choose a candidate in an election: • Obama won the Iowa caucus in 2007. teleconference/video conference a business meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment: • The chairman held teleconferences with his senior managers. gathering/get-together a situation in which a group of people come together to meet, talk, and have drinks with each other, especially friends or family: • We held a small family get-together to celebrate her birthday. • She arranged social gatherings in Kettering for young people on Saturday evenings. date an arrangement to meet someone who you are having, or hoping to have, a romantic relationship with: • I think I might ask her out on a date. rendezvous a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly: • She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar. tryst literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship: • a good place for a moonlight tryst

Longman-Thesaurus

4 general:: meeting verbs have a meeting • I had a long meeting with my manager. hold a meeting formal (= have a meeting ) • The meetings are usually held on a Friday.  go to a meeting ( also attend a meeting formal ) • All staff members are expected to attend the meeting. call a meeting ( also convene a meeting formal ) (= arrange a meeting ) • The board has the power to convene a general meeting if necessary. chair a meeting ( also preside over a meeting formal ) (= lead it ) • The meeting was chaired by Professor Jones of the University of York. open a meeting (= begin it ) • There was disagreement about opening the meeting with a prayer. close a meeting (= end it ) • He closed the meeting by saying, ‘I think we have made great progress.’ address a meeting (= speak to the people at a meeting ) • A member of Greenpeace addressed the protest meeting. adjourn a meeting (= make it stop for a period of time ) • This meeting is adjourned until tomorrow. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + meeting a committee/staff/board etc meeting • A staff meeting will be held at 3 p.m. an annual meeting (= an important meeting held once a year ) • the annual meeting of the British Medical Association a monthly/weekly meeting • a routine weekly meeting with the managing director a public/open meeting (= that anyone can go to ) • A public meeting was held to discuss the proposal to build a new school. a general meeting especially British English (= that anyone, or anyone in a particular organization, can go to ) • The annual general meeting of the rugby club was held last night. a private/closed meeting (= that only a few people are allowed to go to ) • The senator attended a private meeting with the president. a summit meeting (= between leaders of governments ) • The Prime Minister is in Paris for a European summit meeting. a business meeting • He had to go into town for a business meeting. a protest meeting • Anti-road campaigners are holding a protest meeting today. an emergency/urgent meeting • The Council has called an emergency meeting to decide what action to take.

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