Noun

(en noun)

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke VII:

When he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of the people, he entred into Capernaum.

A group of people within hearing; specifically a group of people listening to a performance, speech etc.; the crowd seeing a stage performance.

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We joined the audience just as the lights went down.

A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.

The readership of a book or other written publication.

A following.

Noun

(uncountable) The action of the verb to meet .

A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.

We need to have a meeting about that soon.

The people at such a gathering, as a collective.

What has the meeting decided.

An encounter between people, even accidental.

They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.

A place or instance of junction or intersection.

Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.

*1939 , (John Steinbeck), (The Grapes of Wrath) , p. 20:

*:You use ta give a good meetin' . I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.