The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE ), in your dictionary, includes more than a dozen meanings of the term meeting , which derives from the verb put together (gather, join elements). The first one refers to meeting of several individuals to discuss an issue .
For example: "Tomorrow we will have a meeting with those responsible for the different areas of the company to analyze the proposal", "After a meeting with other specialists, the doctor suggested that the patient's family be transferred to a rehabilitation center", “The school principal called the teachers to a meeting to discuss bullying in the classroom”.
To the group of people chosen to take care of the address of a company, an organization or other entity is also called board or Board of Directors : "Due to the economic crisis, the board decided to cut the workforce by 10%", “Last week I presented a project to the board of directors, but I still didn't get any response”, "I am very happy: I was named a member of the board of the company".
The idea of government board , on the other hand, may refer to board of directors of a organism private or public Several Spanish regions currently have government boards, such as the Andalusian Board and the Galicia Board .
Is called military meeting to the government composed of top leaders of the armed forces . Usually this type of joint is formed after a coup , when the military overthrow a constitutional government and take power.
A board, finally, is a Union of two or more pieces or the sector where different pieces come together: “It is necessary to put more cement to the joints”, “In the joints of the bathroom tiles, mushrooms usually grow”.
