meeting of minds
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- After hours of discussion, they finally reached a meeting of minds and decided to work together.
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In Burke's account, it was the ennobling possibility of a "meeting of minds" cutting across social hierarchies that could transform a commercial transaction into something that Renaissance people would have understood as art patronage.
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Riches (1994:26) stresses that communication involves the meeting of minds through actions, reactions, questions, and answers.
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Is this a meeting of minds?
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And she told me that her marriage with her husband had never been anything but a meeting of minds.
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While being in the present moment, storytelling is a meeting of minds.
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It is about a meeting of minds, and you must each (or all) be engaged with each other for it to work.
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The time seems ripe now for a meeting of minds among scholars and professionals concerning the nature of the two major constructs: giftedness and talent.
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Also, a meeting of minds is made difficult by Luther's concern for sin, while Catholics are preoccupied with sins.
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These are also games in which, though secrecy may play a strategic role, there is some essential need for the signaling of intentions and the meeting of minds.
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A "meeting of minds," which would "get everybody involved" within the school, was seen as necessary to implement more PA into the school (Mr. Marks, Julington Creek MS, classroom teacher; Mrs. Freder, Douglas Anderson ES, classroom teacher).
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Synonyms
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4.1
Agreement among a group of people about an idea or decision
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A situation in which people have the same opinion or give their approval
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Shared ideas or interests that help people agree and work together
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A situation in which people or groups agree with each other
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The joining of two things to become one, like rivers or ideas
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A very close natural connection between two people that helps them understand each other's thoughts
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A situation where two or more people share the same feelings and ideas
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Agreement in opinion or plan among people
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An agreement by the people in a meeting without a formal vote
A situation where people understand each other and agree
An agreement between people or groups reached after discussion
Antonyms
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When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'people fully agree' is directly derivable from combining 'meeting' (a coming together) with 'minds' (thoughts or mental faculties): it literally describes minds coming together, i.e. agreement. This compositional, slightly metaphorical image follows normal English noun-of-noun patterns and is cross-linguistically understandable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase meeting of minds comes from the simple picture of people bringing their minds together in a meeting, like two people facing each other and joining their ideas. That's why it means 'full agreement' or 'shared understanding'.