Countermeeting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A meeting organised in response to another meeting.

    "Steven M. Lonegan, from the conservative wing of the Republican Party and a former candidate for governor, has started to organize countermeetings, and last week he convened a teleconference with Senate Minority Leader Thomas H. Kean Jr. and Assemblyman Michael J. Doherty to further his cause."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of countermeet form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"Steven M. Lonegan, from the conservative wing of the Republican Party and a former candidate for governor, has started to organize countermeetings, and last week he convened a teleconference with Senate Minority Leader Thomas H. Kean Jr. and Assemblyman Michael J. Doherty to further his cause."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From counter- + meeting.

Etymology 2

From countermeet + -ing.

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