n.
1.a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
2.a meeting arranged in advance
3.a mutual promise to marry
4.the act of giving someone a job
5.employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
6.contact by fitting together
7.the act of sharing in the activities of a group
Idiom of the Day
throw together (people) or throw (people) together
to group people together by chance
We were thrown together with a variety of people when the train stopped for six hours.