Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fringe meeting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables: fringe meet-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A meeting held during a party conference, which is attended only by people whose views or interests are not important to the majority.

Example Sentences

"In the midst of all the chaos and uncertainty on the railways as a result of the pandemic, it is surprising that considerable sums of money and much time and energy is being devoted to the concept of driverlessness. The idea that you can get rid of drivers is a regular theme of speeches at fringe meetings at the Conservative party conference, and in the output of like-minded think tanks."

Inflected Forms

fringe meetings (plural)

Questions

What does fringe meeting mean?: A meeting held during a party conference, which is attended only by people whose views or interests are not important to the majority.

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