SENSE OF THE MEETING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sense of the meeting mean? 

• SENSE OF THE MEETING (noun)
  The noun SENSE OF THE MEETING has 1 sense:

1. general agreement reached by an assembled group

  Familiarity information: SENSE OF THE MEETING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSE OF THE MEETING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

General agreement reached by an assembled group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

no vote was taken, but after each discussion the chair summed up the sense of the meeting

Hypernyms ("sense of the meeting" is a kind of...):

accord; agreement (harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters)

 Context examples 

Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient, so I wish to take the sense of the meeting on this important subject, said Jo, calling a family council.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)