These verbs are often used in front of a meeting'.

arrange
chair
attend
miss
postpone
cancel

a meeting

= organize a meeting
= be in charge of a meeting
= go to a meeting
= not go to a meeting
= change a meeting to a later time
= not have a planned meeting



If you cannot attend a meeting, you send your apologies (= a message to say you Cannot attend). At the beginning of the meeting, someone reads out these messages.


The Minutes of a meeting are written notes of what is said and decided in the meeting. During the meeting, someone makes the minutes (= writes down what is said and decided). After the meeting, someone sends out the minutes.