После совещания мы сообща решили отложить встречу до пятницы.

After the meeting, we decided together to postpone the meeting until Friday.

Breakdown of После совещания мы сообща решили отложить встречу до пятницы.

• мы: we
• после: after
• до: until
• решить: to decide

Questions & Answers about После совещания мы сообща решили отложить встречу до пятницы.

Why is it после совещания and not после совещание?

Because после requires the genitive case.

• совещание is the dictionary form, nominative singular.
• After после (after), it changes to совещания.

So:

• совещание = a meeting / conference meeting
• после совещания = after the meeting

This is a standard pattern:

• после урока = after the lesson
• после работы = after work
• после обеда = after lunch

What does совещание mean here, and how is it different from встреча?

These two words can both be translated as meeting, but they are not quite the same.

• совещание usually means a work meeting, staff meeting, or conference/discussion meeting where people discuss something officially.
• встреча is broader. It can mean a meeting, appointment, or get-together.

In this sentence:

• После совещания = after the work meeting
• отложить встречу = postpone the meeting/appointment

So the sentence suggests there was one meeting first, and after that, they decided to postpone another meeting.

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