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meet

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[ meet ]

verb (used with object)

, met, meet·ing.
  1. to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter:

    I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.

  2. to become acquainted with; be introduced to:

    I've never met your cousin.

  3. to join at an agreed or designated place or time:

    Meet me in St. Louis.

  4. to be present at the arrival of:

    to meet a train.

  5. to come to or before (one's notice, or a means of noticing, as the eyes or ears):

    A peculiar sight met my eyes.

  6. to come into the company of (a person, group, etc.) in dealings, conference, etc.
  7. to face, eye, etc., directly or without avoidance.

    Synonyms: confront

  8. to come into physical contact, juxtaposition, or collision with:

    The two cars met each other head-on at high speed.

    Synonyms: unite, couple, cross, intersect, connect, join

  9. to encounter in opposition, conflict, or contest:

    Harvard meets Yale next week in football.

  10. to oppose:

    to meet charges with countercharges.

  11. to cope or deal effectively with (an objection, difficulty, etc.).
  12. to comply with; fulfill; answer:

    to meet a deadline;

    to meet a demand.

  13. to pay in full:

    How will you meet expenses?

  14. to come into conformity with (wishes, expectations, views, etc.).
  15. to encounter in experience:

    to meet hostility.



verb (used without object)

, met, meet·ing.
  1. to come together, face to face, or into company:

    We met on the street.

  2. to assemble for action, conference, or other common purpose, as a committee, legislature, or class:

    The board of directors will meet on Tuesday.

    Synonyms: collect

    Antonyms: scatter, adjourn

  3. to become personally acquainted.
  4. to come into contact or form a junction, as lines, planes, or areas:

    The two lines meet to form an angle.

    Antonyms: diverge

  5. to be conjoined or united.
  6. to concur or agree.
  7. to come together in opposition or conflict, as adversaries or hostile forces.

noun

  1. an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:

    a track meet.

    Synonyms: competition, contest

  2. those assembled.
  3. the place of such an assembling.

verb phrase

    1. to come across; encounter:

      to meet with opposition.

    2. to experience; undergo; receive:

      The visitors met with courtesy during their stay.

    3. to join, as for conference or instruction:

      I met with her an hour a day until we solved the problem.

meet

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[ meet ]

adjective

, Archaic.
  1. suitable; fitting; proper.

    Synonyms: appropriate, apt

meet

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/ miːt /

adjective

  1. archaic.
    proper, fitting, or correct
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


meet

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/ miːt /

verb

  1. sometimes foll byup or(US) with to come together (with), either by design or by accident; encounter

    I met him unexpectedly

    we met at the station

  2. to come into or be in conjunction or contact with (something or each other)

    the roads meet in the town

    the sea meets the sky

  3. tr to come to or be at the place of arrival of

    to meet a train

  4. to make the acquaintance of or be introduced to (someone or each other)

    have you two met?

  5. to gather in the company of (someone or each other)

    the board of directors meets on Tuesday

  6. to come into the presence of (someone or each other) as opponents

    Joe meets Fred in the boxing match

  7. tr to cope with effectively; satisfy

    to meet someone's demands

  8. tr to be apparent to (esp in the phrase meet the eye )
  9. tr to return or counter

    to meet a blow with another

  10. to agree with (someone or each other)

    we met him on the price he suggested

  11. trsometimes foll bywith to experience; suffer

    he met his death in a road accident

  12. to occur together

    courage and kindliness met in him

  13. tr to find (a person, situation, etc) in a specified condition

    I met the door open

  14. meet and greet
    (of a celebrity, politician, etc) to have a session of being introduced to and questioned by members of the public or journalists
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the assembly of hounds, huntsmen, etc, prior to a hunt
  2. a meeting, esp a sports meeting
  3. the place where the paths of two railway trains meet or cross
  4. meet-and-greet
    a session where a celebrity, etc, is introduced to or questioned by members of the public or journalists
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈmeetly, adverb
  • ˈmeeter, noun
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Other Words From

  • meeter noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meet1

First recorded before 900; Middle English mete(n), miete(n), Old English (ge)mētan; cognate with Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian; moot

Origin of meet2

First recorded before 1000; Middle English mete, meete, mette, from Old English gemǣte “suitable,” cognate with German gemäss “suitable, appropriate”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meet1

C13: from variant of Old English gemǣte; related to Old High German māza suitability, Old Norse mǣtr valuable

Origin of meet2

Old English mētan; related to Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. meet cute, cute ( def 6 ).
  2. meet halfway,
    1. to concede in part, as to the demands of an opposing faction; make concessions, as to another person; compromise:

      Despite their differences, the union and the company finally agreed to meet halfway and settle their dispute.

    2. to anticipate another's actions and conduct oneself accordingly.
  3. well met, Archaic. welcome.

More idioms and phrases containing meet

  • go (meet) halfway
  • make ends meet
  • more than meets the eye
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Example Sentences

I asked Renee if that had changed in the two years since they met.

It's getting to the point where I don't know if I want to be close friends with this version of Elizabeth, which is difficult because we're both still active in the same activity where we first met.

Instead, helmet makers simply have to keep records of testing performed at outside labs or their own facilities to prove their helmets meet the standard.

The services will develop a moderation approach that best meets the needs of their consumers.

The NTSB board was meeting virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lee and Coogan did briefly meet with the pope, with pictures to prove it, but no one at the Vatican officially screened the film.

There are parks filled with men pushing strollers and coffee shops where fathers meet their friends, babes in arms.

On Tuesday, President Obama will meet with Enrique Peña Nieto, the President of Mexico.

When we meet them, their lives are unfulfilled, and at no point are we convinced their condition will change.

I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.

He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.

The Authorised Version has: “And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.”

He returned shortly, to meet his mother standing in the doorway, with pale, affrighted face.

I haven't much time for seeing any one, except my patients, and the people I meet in society.

Then Jimmy remembered suddenly that he had to meet Grandfather Mole over there.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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