| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting |
Synonyms: |
assignation, assignment, blind date, consultation, date, engagement, errand, gig, interview, invitation, meet, rendezvous, session, tryst, zero hour |
| Main Entry: | audience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hearing |
Synonyms: |
audition, conference, consideration, consultation, conversation, discussion, interview, meeting, reception |
| Main Entry: | circulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known |
Synonyms: |
bring out, broadcast, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, exchange, interview, issue, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, radiate, report, spread, strew, troll |
| Main Entry: | conference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, colloquium |
Synonyms: |
appointment, argument, chat, colloquy, confabulation, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, gabfest, groupthink, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow, round robin, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, think-in, ventilation |
| Main Entry: | consult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, confer |
Synonyms: |
argue, ask advice of, be closeted with, brainstorm*, call in, cogitate, collogue, commune, compare notes, confab, confabulate, consider, debate, deliberate, discuss, examine, flap, groupthink, huddle, interrogate, interview, kick ideas around, negotiate, parlay, pick one's brains, powwow, put heads together, question, refer to, regard, respect, review, seek advice, seek opinion of, take a meeting, take account of, take counsel, talk over, toss ideas around, treat, turn to |
| Main Entry: | consultation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking, conference |
Synonyms: |
appointment, argument, buzz session, clambake, confab, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, groupthink, hearing, huddle, interview, meeting, powwow, second opinion, session |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social engagement |
Synonyms: |
appointment, assignation, call, interview, meeting, rendezvous, tryst, visit |
| Main Entry: | debrief |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | question |
Synonyms: |
ask questions, cross-examine, examine, gather intelligence, give the third degree, grill, interrogate, interview, investigate, probe, put through the wringer, quiz, work over |
| Main Entry: | dictate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | read out for the record |
Synonyms: |
compose, deliver, draft correspondence, emit, formulate, give account, give forth, interview, orate, prepare draft, say, speak, talk, transmit, utter, verbalize |
| Main Entry: | discussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
Synonyms: |
altercation, analysis, argument, argumentation, canvass, colloquy, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, excursus, groupthink, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, wrangling |
Antonyms: |
quiet, silence |