Useful English Phrases For Business Meetings

Useful English phrases for business meetings
1. welcoming the participants

- Thank you all for coming.
- I appreciate everyone being here.
- First, I’d like to welcome you all.
- I would like to thank you for being here on time.
- I wish to thank you all for coming on such short notice.
2. introducing the participants

- Could everyone briefly introduce themselves?
- I would like to introduce…
- I would like to begin by introducing…
- It’s my pleasure to introduce…
- Let’s take a moment and introduce ourselves.
3. presenting the meeting goals

- Our aim today is to…
- We are here today to decide on/agree on, etc.
- By the end of today’s meeting, we need to…
- I’ve scheduled this meeting so that we…
- The purpose of today’s meeting is…
- Today, we are going to…
4. sharing the agenda of the meeting

- First, we will be discussing…
- After that, we will move on to…
- Then, we’ll try to cover…
- Shortly after, we’ll go over…
- Next, we will consider…
- If there’s enough time, we will also go through…
- Finally, we will talk about…
5. sharing updates in a meeting

- would like to inform everyone about the project’s progress.
- How is the project coming along?
- Has everyone submitted their monthly reports?
- Josh, can you let us know what’s new in…?
- Regarding last month’s reports, I would like to add…
6. moving to another topic

- If nobody has anything else to share, let’s move on to…
- I think that covers it. Now we can go to our next topic.
- Let’s move on to our next point.
- Since we’ve covered this issue, now we can go to the next one.
- The next topic we need to cover is…
- Now that we’ve found a solution/finished discussing this topic, we can go to…
7. summarizing
- Here are some of the main points we discussed today.
- To sum up, we’ve talked about…
- I would like to briefly cover the topics we mentioned today.
- Before we finish, let’s go over everything we talked about today.
- Let’s quickly summarize the main points of today’s meeting.
8. closing a meeting
- To conclude, we have decided on…
- That just about covers everything for today.
- We have covered everything from our agenda.
- We will have to finish here, but our next meeting will be scheduled for…
- If there’s nothing more to discuss, we can end here.
- I would like to thank everyone for coming today.

- Thank you all for your time.
- Thank you for your participation in today’s meeting.
- I want to thank everybody for a productive meeting.
- I would like to thank you all for sharing your time today.
9. Phrases for sharing your opinion in a meeting

- I think we should try…
- From my point of view, that’s…
- I think that this is a great idea.
- There is no doubt this project will come through.
- I am positive that this is the right path to take.
- The way I see things…
10. Phrases for agreeing in a meeting

- I completely agree with that.
- I support your view.
- I am with you on this!
- That is how I see it too.
- Great point!
- I have to agree with Mike.
11. Phrases for disagreeing

- That’s a great point, but maybe we should consider all the options.
- Great job for noticing that, but have you considered…?
- I see where your idea is coming from, but maybe we should change the
direction a little bit.
- I see where you’re coming from, but…
- I’m sorry but I have to disagree on this because…
- While I agree with you on…have you considered…?
12. Phrases for suggesting in a meeting

- I think we should try…
- Why don’t we…?
- Perhaps we could…?
- What do you think of…?
- We should…
- How about we…?
- Couldn’t we try to…?
- I suggest that…?
13. Phrases for asking for repetition in a meeting

- I’m sorry, could you repeat that please?
- Can you run that by me one more time, please?
- I’m afraid I didn’t quite understand that. Could you say it one more time,
please?
- I missed that. Could you say it again, please?
- Can you repeat what you just said?
- I’m sorry, would you mind repeating that again?

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Useful English phrases for business meetings

1. welcoming the participants

2. introducing the participants

3. presenting the meeting goals

4. sharing the agenda of the meeting

5. sharing updates in a meeting

6. moving to another topic

- I would like to thank everyone for coming today.

9. Phrases for sharing your opinion in a meeting

10. Phrases for agreeing in a meeting

11. Phrases for disagreeing

12. Phrases for suggesting in a meeting

13. Phrases for asking for repetition in a meeting

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