first meeting
Where acquaintances begin
A first meeting is the initial encounter between people, whether casual or formal.
The phrase often carries weight because impressions formed early tend to persist: Their first meeting was at a conference in Chicago.
In business and dating contexts, first meetings set the tone for what follows—hence advice about making them count.
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- handshakeMutual palm-gripping gesture
- shaking handsMutual grip greeting
- greetingExpression of welcome
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
acquaintance · strangers · nervous · impression · hello · ice-breaker · awkward · breaking the ice · interview · opening remarks · date · coffee date · orientation · newcomer · blind date · fresh · fresh start · beginning
- friendship milestonesinside joke, nickname, making up, sleepover, deep talk
- scenesopening scene, closing scene, final scene, death scene, love scene
- firstsinitial, beginning, start, opening, original
- long-distance lovelong distance, LDR, love letters, video calls, phone calls
- bankruptcybankruptcy, bankruptcy court, Chapter 11, Chapter 7, bankruptcy petition
- visual novelsvisual novels, dating sims, routes, route, multiple endings
first meetingreunion
Gathering after separation
parting · farewell · goodbye · last goodbye
first meetingreunion
Gathering after separation
reconnection · getting back together · rekindling · homecoming · class reunion