Quick Vocabulary — Meetings

Tap a card to see the meaning and an example. Use the speaker under each card to hear the word.

to chair a meeting

to lead it and manage who speaks

Elena is chairing the call this month.

agenda item

one point on the list of things to discuss

Can we take the budget as the first agenda item?

to overlap

to happen during the same period of time

Our working hours only overlap for two hours a day.

action point

something somebody has agreed to do

Every action point needs a name and a date next to it.

to catch up

to reach the same level of information as others

I missed the call, can you help me catch up?

to talk over someone

to speak while another person is still speaking

Sorry, I talked over you, please finish.

to follow up

to check afterwards that something happened

I will follow up with the London office on Thursday.

handover

the passing of work or information from one person to another

The handover between the two shifts happens at nine.