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meet
1[ meet ]
verb (used with object)
- to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter:
I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.
- to become acquainted with; be introduced to:
I've never met your cousin.
- to join at an agreed or designated place or time:
Meet me in St. Louis.
- to be present at the arrival of:
to meet a train.
- to come to or before (one's notice, or a means of noticing, as the eyes or ears):
A peculiar sight met my eyes.
- to come into the company of (a person, group, etc.) in dealings, conference, etc.
- to face, eye, etc., directly or without avoidance.
Synonyms:
- to come into physical contact, juxtaposition, or collision with:
The two cars met each other head-on at high speed.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- to encounter in opposition, conflict, or contest:
Harvard meets Yale next week in football.
- to oppose:
to meet charges with countercharges.
- to cope or deal effectively with (an objection, difficulty, etc.).
to meet a deadline;
to meet a demand.
- to pay in full:
How will you meet expenses?
- to come into conformity with (wishes, expectations, views, etc.).
- to encounter in experience:
to meet hostility.
verb (used without object)
- to come together, face to face, or into company:
We met on the street.
- to assemble for action, conference, or other common purpose, as a committee, legislature, or class:
The board of directors will meet on Tuesday.
Synonyms:
Antonyms: ,
- to become personally acquainted.
- to come into contact or form a junction, as lines, planes, or areas:
The two lines meet to form an angle.
Antonyms:
- to be conjoined or united.
- to concur or agree.
- to come together in opposition or conflict, as adversaries or hostile forces.
noun
- 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: ,
- those assembled.
- the place of such an assembling.
- Mathematics. intersection ( def 3a ).
verb phrase
- to come across; encounter:
to meet with opposition.
- to experience; undergo; receive:
The visitors met with courtesy during their stay.
- to join, as for conference or instruction:
I met with her an hour a day until we solved the problem.
meet
2[ meet ]
adjective
- suitable; fitting; proper.
Synonyms: ,
meet
1/ ː /
verb
- 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
- 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
- tr to come to or be at the place of arrival of
to meet a train
- to make the acquaintance of or be introduced to (someone or each other)
have you two met?
- to gather in the company of (someone or each other)
the board of directors meets on Tuesday
- to come into the presence of (someone or each other) as opponents
Joe meets Fred in the boxing match
- tr to cope with effectively; satisfy
to meet someone's demands
- tr to be apparent to (esp in the phrase meet the eye )
- tr to return or counter
to meet a blow with another
- to agree with (someone or each other)
we met him on the price he suggested
- trsometimes foll bywith to experience; suffer
he met his death in a road accident
- to occur together
courage and kindliness met in him
- tr to find (a person, situation, etc) in a specified condition
I met the door open
- 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
noun
- the assembly of hounds, huntsmen, etc, prior to a hunt
- a meeting, esp a sports meeting
- the place where the paths of two railway trains meet or cross
- meet-and-greeta session where a celebrity, etc, is introduced to or questioned by members of the public or journalists
meet
2/ ː /
adjective
- archaic.proper, fitting, or correct
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, noun
- ˈٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- İ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of meet1
Origin of meet2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of meet1
Origin of meet2
Idioms and Phrases
- meet cute, cute ( def 6 ).
- meet halfway,
- 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.
- to anticipate another's actions and conduct oneself accordingly.
- well met, Archaic. welcome.
More idioms and phrases containing meet
- go (meet) halfway
- make ends meet
- more than meets the eye
Example Sentences
Ahead of the meeting, the local government department said Rayner would be briefed on clean-up plans and talks to end the dispute.
The Arcadia Invitational track and field meet at Arcadia High is one week away.
China has engineers who can meet the high quality specifications on Apple products and the U.S. doesn’t have that great a number of engineers with those same skills, Harwit said.
The agenda for the meeting was set: Hitler would assure this group of Germany's richest men that their fortunes would be preserved, or more likely multiplied, under Nazi rule.
If your current home doesn’t have the potential to meet your needs, even with renovations, it might be time to move on.
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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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