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meet

UK/miːt/ US/mit/ very common informal
verb (13) noun (1) adjective (1)

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1.
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3.

be adjacent or come together

  • “The lines converge at this point”
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satisfy a condition or restriction

  • “Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?”
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6.

satisfy or fulfill

  • “meet a need”
  • “this job doesn”
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7.

get to know; get acquainted with

  • “I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!”
  • “we met in Singapore”
8.

collect in one place

  • “We assembled in the church basement”
  • “Let”
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9.

meet by design; be present at the arrival of

  • “Can you meet me at the train station?”
10.

contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

  • “Princeton plays Yale this weekend”
  • “Charlie likes to play Mary”
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11.

experience as a reaction

  • “My proposal met with much opposition”
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12.

undergo or suffer

  • “meet a violent death”
  • “suffer a terrible fate”
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13.

be in direct physical contact with; make contact

  • “The two buildings touch”
  • “Their hands touched”
  • “The wire must not contact the metal cover”
  • “The surfaces contact at this point”
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noun

1.

a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

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adjective

1.

being precisely fitting and right

  • “it is only meet that she should be seated first”
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Origin

From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”). Cognates Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot.

Phrases

  • boy meets girl Terms derived from meet [verb]
  • hail fellow well met Terms derived from meet [verb]
  • have you met me Terms derived from meet [verb]
  • make both ends meet Terms derived from meet [verb]
  • make ends meet Terms derived from meet [verb]
  • meet a sticky end Terms derived from meet [verb]
  • meet and greet Terms derived from meet [verb]
  • meet cute Terms derived from meet [verb]

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