Farewell vs. Meeting

Farewellnoun

A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure

Meetingnoun

(uncountable) The action of the verb to meet.

Farewellnoun

A departure; the act of leaving

Meetingnoun

A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.

‘We need to have a meeting about that soon.’;

Farewelladjective

Parting, valedictory, final.

‘a farewell discourse;’; ‘the band's farewell tour’;

Meetingnoun

The people at such a gathering, as a collective.

‘What has the meeting decided.’;

Farewellinterjection

Goodbye.

‘He said "Farewell!" and left.’;

Meetingnoun

An encounter between people, even accidental.

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

Farewellverb

To bid farewell or say goodbye.

Meetingnoun

A place or instance of junction or intersection.

‘Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.’;

Farewellinterjection

Go well; good-by; adieu; - originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.

‘So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear.’; ‘Fare thee well! and if forever,Still forever fare thee well.’;

Meetingnoun

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

Farewellnoun

A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.

Meetingnoun

(Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

‘Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.’;

Farewellnoun

Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.

‘And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.’; ‘Before I take my farewell of the subject.’;

Meetingverb

present participle of meet

Farewelladjective

Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.

‘Leans in his spear to take his farewell view.’;

Meetingnoun

A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.

Farewellnoun

an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

Meetingnoun

A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.

Farewellnoun

the act of departing politely;

‘he disliked long farewells’; ‘he took his leave’; ‘parting is such sweet sorrow’;

Meetingnoun

A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonious meeting.

Meetingnoun

An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; - in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.

Meetingnoun

a formally arranged gathering;

‘next year the meeting will be in Chicago’; ‘the meeting elected a chairperson’;

Meetingnoun

the social act of assembling for some common purpose;

‘his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day’;

Meetingnoun

a small informal social gathering;

‘there was an informal meeting in my livingroom’;

Meetingnoun

a casual or unexpected convergence;

‘he still remembers their meeting in Paris’; ‘there was a brief encounter in the hallway’;

Meetingnoun

the act of joining together as one;

‘the merging of the two groups occurred quickly’; ‘there was no meeting of minds’;

Meetingnoun

a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers);

‘Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers’;

Meeting

A meeting is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal or business setting, but meetings also occur in a variety of other environments. Many various types of meetings exist.