meeting

reunión

Encuentro de varias personas para hablar de un asunto o tomar decisiones.

En inglés sencillo: An occasion when people come together to discuss something or make decisions.

• The meeting starts at ten.
• We had a meeting about the new shop.
• Did you attend yesterday’s staff meeting?

Cómo se usa: meeting about something (We arranged a meeting about school safety.); meeting with someone (I have a meeting with my manager.)

Sinónimos: discussion, conference

Expresiones frecuentes: attend a meeting, team meeting, meeting about something, public meeting

encuentro, confluencia

Hecho de encontrarse personas o de unirse cosas en un mismo lugar.

En inglés sencillo: The act of people encountering each other or things joining at one place.

• Their first meeting was brief.
• A chance meeting changed her life.
• The village stands near the meeting of two rivers.

Cómo se usa: meeting of A and B (The meeting of the two rivers creates a wide channel.)

Sinónimos: encounter, junction

Expresiones frecuentes: first meeting, chance meeting, meeting of rivers