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meetup

meetup

13 3.5
A planned informal meeting for people with the same interests, often arranged online
  • noun
  • /ˈmiːtʌp/
  • Texting
translation icon : encuentro
  • The local coding meetup attracted many programmers eager to share ideas.
  • Meetup group
  • monthly Meetups
  • fan meetup

Turns out one of the world's biggest car meetups is on in the town.

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Examples

  • So I like doing meetups in cities and connecting with people when I'm traveling.

  • Book clubs sound boring to me, but a photography meetup or group would be really fun.

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  • I wanted to go hiking with the meetup group yesterday or today.

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  • And so I just found real estate meetups and I went to all of them.

  • You need to look around your world, friends of friends, go to meetups, look in your office, remember a friend from college or high school.

  • I started hearing about local meetups that would be happening all over the country.

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  • In addition to conferences, I try to regularly attend "Meetups" and user groups around the city.

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  • In April at the RL meetup, I had the pleasure of getting to know Lisa-Jo.

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  • Around the world, there were 126 meetups with more than 800 participants.

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  • Here in Sebastopol, Calif., in MAKE's office, we had a meetup with more than 70 attendees.

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Synonyms

meeting
vsmeetup
1.0

A group of people who come together for a planned purpose or to be social

is typically informal and often arranged online for shared interests
gathering
vsmeetup
203 1.0

A meeting of people for a social or special purpose

is more often arranged in advance and centered on shared interests
get-together
vsmeetup
  • Informal
46 1.9

A small informal meeting for people to talk and spend time together

is arranged in advance often for shared interests or online
huddle
vsmeetup
  • Informal
23 4.1

A short private meeting to talk about plans

is usually public, longer, and organized around shared interests or activities
mixer
vsmeetup
22 2.6

A social event where people meet and talk to make new friends

is focused on shared interests or planned activities rather than simple introductions
catch-up
vsmeetup
  • Informal
9 3.3

An informal meeting to share news and updates

is for broader group interests and planned events rather than personal updates
social gathering
vsmeetup
7 2.7

An event where people meet to talk and spend time together

is usually informal and often organized around shared interests, not formal events
nonconference
vsmeetup
  • Informal
7.2

An informal meeting for people to share ideas and talk

is broader, covering organized interest groups and online events

Antonyms

89 2.6

The process of moving apart or staying apart

1 7.5

Breaking up an organized group like a band or army

How Formal

conference
  • Formal
3.0
meeting
1.0
meetup
  • Texting
13 3.5
get-together
  • Informal
46 1.9

Surface Forms

meetup singular
meetups plural

Morphology

meetup = meet + up (semi-transparent) = meet + up

The word is built from the phrasal-verb idea 'meet up', but the noun meaning 'an arranged gathering' is somewhat lexicalized and not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

The word meetup is made from meet 'to come together' and up, so it means a planned get-together. A helpful way to remember it is that the website Meetup made the name common for groups who meet in person or online.