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meetup

or meet-up

[ meet-uhp ]

noun

  1. a meeting, especially a regular meeting of people who share a particular interest and have connected with each other through a social-networking website:

    a meetup for new moms in the neighborhood; a meetup to plan the trip.



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˜yĞÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of meetup1

2000-05; meet 1 + up, popularized by Meetup , name of a website
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It has 712 members, and there are multiple threads, including “Shows & Mics,†“Meetup & Hangouts,†“Prop/Costume Exchange†— and “Housing.â€

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The White House meetup between nominal allies President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday was an unmitigated disaster, and its abrupt and shocking end sent shockwaves across the world.

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Rose met her partner, Mark Garbe, in 2015 at a climbing group organised through the socialising app Meetup.

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Some 17 years later, the free, nonprofit Los Angeles Hiking Group has more than 43,000 members on Meetup and multiple opportunities every month for people to join free urban walks or group hikes organized by one of the group’s nearly 70 leaders.

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How to get involved: Join on Meetup, where all the walks and hikes are listed.

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What doesÌı³¾±ğ±ğ³Ù³Ü±èÌımean?

A meetup is an organized gathering of people, especially a regular meeting of people who share a common interest or hobby. It is usually initiated and arranged through a social network or website.

Meet up (without the hyphen) is a phrasal verb meaning to meet, as in Let’s meet up at the restaurant. The term meetup as a noun was popularized by the website Meetup.com, which helps people organize such events.

Example: After I moved here from the Midwest, I met most of my friends at an anime meetup.

Where doesÌı³¾±ğ±ğ³Ù³Ü±èÌıcome from?

As a verb, meet up is recorded in English at least as far back as the 1880s. It wasn’t until the 2000s that it started to be used as a noun in the form of meetup, thanks in large part to Meetup.com and the in-person meetings of people that it made it easier to organize.

Meetups are typically planned in advance but are casual in nature. The idea is usually to get people together in real life who otherwise haven’t met or who don’t usually have a chance to meet—like members of online communities or people with niche (very specific) interests. Meetups are almost always organized online through social networks or other websites. Most often, the point of a meetup is just socialization and fun, but they can take many forms.

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What are some other forms of meetup?

  • meet-up (alternate spelling)
  • meet up (verb)

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How isÌı³¾±ğ±ğ³Ù³Ü±èÌıused in real life?

A meetup is a popular way for people with shared interests or experiences to get together, such as people who have a specific breed of dog or women who are in the tech industry. Or it could just be some friends who’ve planned to hang out.

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Is meetup used correctly in the following sentence?

Someone finally organized a meetup for the film discussion forum I’m a member of!

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