countermeeting

See also: counter-meeting

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

counter- + meeting

Noun

countermeeting (plural countermeetings)

  1. A meeting organised in response to another meeting.
    • 2008 February 3, David W. Chen, “As Corzine Lines Up Allies for Toll Plan, Republicans Push Back”, in New York Times:
      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 2

countermeet + -ing

Verb

countermeeting

  1. present participle and gerund of countermeet
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