meeting

réunion

Moment où des personnes se rassemblent pour discuter d’un sujet ou prendre des décisions.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : meeting about something (We arranged a meeting about school safety.); meeting with someone (I have a meeting with my manager.)

Synonymes : discussion, conference

Expressions courantes : attend a meeting, team meeting, meeting about something, public meeting

rencontre, confluence

Fait que des personnes se rencontrent ou que des choses se rejoignent au même endroit.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : meeting of A and B (The meeting of the two rivers creates a wide channel.)

Synonymes : encounter, junction

Expressions courantes : first meeting, chance meeting, meeting of rivers