Definition of meeting

1. A meeting is a meeting or gathering of at least two or more people to decide on a

goal.[1] Meetings can also be used as a medium for communicating between people
or office leaders and their staff.[1][2] Meetings can also be interpreted as a medium of
face-to-face group communication which is often held or carried out by many
organizations, both private and government.[1] Meetings are often used as a person or
group of people to unite thoughts to carry out certain matters.[1] In another sense, a
meeting can also be interpreted as a formal gathering of a group of people involving
four or more people with the aim of communicating, planning, setting policies,
making decisions, and providing motivation.[1] The ultimate goal of holding a
meeting is to bring together meeting participants directly for the sake of establishing
communication, so that meeting participants can contribute directly to the
conversation so that ideas for solving problems can be conveyed directly, so that
meeting participants can be stimulated directly in understanding every problem
encountered, so that meeting participants can equally contribute to the achievement of
certain goals. [2]

2. A meeting is a gathering of two or more people that has been convened for the
purpose of achieving a common goal through verbal interaction, such as sharing
information or reaching agreement.[1] Meetings may occur face-to-face or virtually,
as mediated by communications technology, such as a telephone conference call, a
skyped conference call or a videoconference. One Merriam-Webster dictionary
defines a meeting as "an act or process of coming together" - for example "as [...] an
assembly for a common purpose [...]".[2] Meeting planners and other meeting
professionals may use the term "meeting" to denote an event booked at a hotel,
convention center or any other venue dedicated to such gatherings.[1][3].
Anthropologist Helen B. Schwartzman defines a meeting as "a communicative event
involving three or more people who agree to assemble for a purpose ostensibly related
to the functioning of an organization or group."[4] For her, meetings are characterized
by "multiparty talk that is episodic in nature, and participants either develop or use
specific conventions for regulating this talk."[4]