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met
1[ met ]
Met
2abbreviation for
met-
3- variant of meta- before a vowel:
metempirical.
met.
4abbreviation for
- metaphor.
- metaphysics.
- meteorology.
- metropolitan.
met.
1abbreviation for
- meteorological
the met. office weather report
- meteorology
met
2/ ɛ /
verb
- the past tense and past participle of meet 1
Met
3/ ɛ /
noun
- (in Britain) the Metropolitan Police Force: the main police force serving London
- (in the US) the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of met1
Idioms and Phrases
See under meet .Example Sentences
She said it was Elizabeth Taylor who, despite having not met Philip at this point, reunited the pair.
He adds that many of the people he met were not happy.
She grew up as part of a "normal, working class" household, met her husband and ended up working for the NHS herself in a "hands-on" clinical role.
Military chiefs from both the UK and France met Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday to discuss plans for foreign peacekeepers to be stationed in Ukraine as part of a potential ceasefire deal.
Her estimate was met with shock and a dash of skepticism from seasoned attorneys suing the county, who said it would blow any previous sex abuse payout out of the water.
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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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