noun phrase · neutral
parent-teacher meeting
UK/ˈpeərənt ˈtiːtʃə ˈmiːtɪŋ/US/ˈperənt ˈtiːtʃər ˈmiːtɪŋ/PAR·ent-TEA·cher MEET·ing
a meeting between parents and teachers to discuss a student's progress or issues
Examples
“We attended the parent-teacher meeting to discuss our son's grades.”
“Parent-teacher meetings are usually scheduled once every term.”
“Teachers often use parent-teacher meetings to give feedback and set goals.”
Band 8 sentence
“To foster stronger home-school links, the headteacher introduced more frequent parent-teacher meetings focused on practical strategies rather than just exam results.”
Collocations
- attend a parent-teacher meeting
- schedule a parent-teacher meeting
Word family
Common mistakes
parent teacher meeting→parent-teacher meeting
attend parent-teacher meeting→attend a parent-teacher meeting
Say it for a higher band
5meeting→6school meeting→7+parent-teacher meeting
Synonyms
parents' evening
Easily confused
parents' evening
“The school organised a parents' evening to discuss curriculum changes.”
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