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MET

[met]

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of meet¹.

Related forms

un·met, adjective

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Example Sentences

All minimum qualifications must be met by effective date of hire.

The system works as long as cross border obligations are met.

They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.

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All minimum qualifications must be met by effective date of hire.

The system works as long as cross border obligations are met.

They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.

Not to mention gas would be cheaper if all cars met the new standard, since the price of any product is driven by demand.

For years the panel's solutions were met with doubt and derision, and often became the subject of political haggling.

If it's growing satisfactorily, its nutrient needs are being met.

Time after time, its attempts have been met with shrugs or downright hostility.

The effort, however, has met with unexpected complications.

The artist and the poet had met three years earlier and quickly became close friends.

Although the groups used slightly different approaches, they met with similar success rates.

For instance, bite marks along the individual's brow ridge imply he met an untimely end from a carnivore.

Seeds cannot germinate until certain favorable environmental conditions are met.

They met each other in meat space for the first time.

Jenifer met with the protesters and promised that the.

They had never met face-to-face, but once sparred dangerously.

The announcement last week that the first human clone had been born was met with skepticism, concern and outrage.

Ada continued her interest in mathematics and science and met and corresponded with other scientists and mathematicians.

The pair, who met in architecture school, took advantage of every inch of real estate by reimagining how rooms could be used.

Sure, as long as it met the standard of the academic rule, without deviance and without question.

Some diplomats who have met the prime minister agree.

In the positive infinity time does not exist and all your questions would be answered and all your needs met.

In a moment of silence to honor two men who died since the group last met a year ago, two goblets are turned upside down.

Our team met recently for a potluck to try out recipes and to finalize the menu for the feast.

So if they haven't met the conditions by the deadline, they understand that they need to apply for an extension.

Many thousands went onto the streets, to be met by a volley of gunfire.

Ramachandran met a young man with a strange problem.

The hoverfly: one more garden ally you might not have met yet.

And on the rare occasions when projects are suggested, they are often met with noisy outrage.

All animals have special needs that need to be met in order to live with us.

Practice would be permitted if this standard is met during a student's first regular term of full-time enrollment.

She met many photographers, filmmakers, and other artists living there.

The students who met at her home varied widely in their personalities and backgrounds.

In the conversation with someone he met in prison, he indicated that he wanted a silencer used in the murder.

Usually, trustees are tolerant of different styles as long as the agreed-upon goals are met and budgets are respected.

Powerful as this creature seems, it has met its match in man's depredation.

I've met with each student twice, once at the start of the year, once prior to registration for second semester.

But that was exactly what happened this week when a group of bosses met ministers to discuss.

Many have met success in this endeavor using complex processes and expensive materials.

Women stayed together longer with partners they met while on the pill, and were less likely to want a separation.

Every dinner invitation that comes my way is met with consternation over the possibility that shellfish will be involved.

When they eventually met in person, about a year later, the relationship fizzled out.

As he was a best-selling author of the day, the press met him at the.

When he met victims, he came across as wooden and awkward.

Instead they took photographs and pointed out nuances that might bear on how the man had met his end.

But chimps that had met only as adults and lived together for eight years still became agitated at inequity.

He met a woman who didn't know that gypsies had once lived in her present neighborhood.

He entered his first contest last night and was met with rave reviews.

I've met people who, dropped into pretty much any imaginable environment, fare no worse than marginally incompetent.

They will happily share information with others as long as certain social norms are met.

As the strain developed resistance, there was a horrible need for new drugs, and this drug met it.

But each advance in the field of lie detection has met with a hitch.

In fact, the result would be so revolutionary that it's sure to be met with skepticism all over the world.

The group was surprised, she said, when so few colleges met its benchmarks.

The government also avoided proposing any adjustments to the value-added tax, which also would have met with strong resistance.

But decades of effort met with one failure after another.

My children met her this month, and they say she's really nice.

There was in fact less novelty than first met the eye.

Locke met this difficulty by a theory of primary and secondary qualities.

The fact that not all those students get a four-year degree does not mean that they have not met their goals.

Recent efforts to grow new organs have met with limited success.

Nutritional requirement of expanding brain could have been met by our ancestors well through foods available in nature.

The group met last month for the first of three sessions.

HM saw his doctor on a monthly basis, but at each visit it was as if the two had never met.

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Biochemistry.

methionine.

variant of meta- before a vowel: metempirical.

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.

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to come into the company of (a person, group, etc.) in dealings, conference, etc.

to face, eye, etc., directly or without avoidance.

to come into physical contact, juxtaposition, or collision with: The two cars met each other head-on at high speed.

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; satisfy: 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.

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verb (used without object)

16.

to come together, face to face, or into company: We met on the street.

17.

to assemble for action, conference, or other common purpose, as a committee, legislature, or class: The board of directors will meet on Tuesday.

18.

to become personally acquainted.

19.

to come into contact or form a junction, as lines, planes, or areas: The two lines meet to form an angle.

20.

to be conjoined or united.

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21.

to concur or agree.

22.

to come together in opposition or conflict, as adversaries or hostile forces.

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noun

23.

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

24.

those assembled.

25.

the place of such an assembling.

26.

Mathematics. intersection (def. 3a).

Verb phrase

27.

meet with,

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.

Idioms

28.

meet cute, cute (def. 6).

29.

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.

30.

well met, Archaic. welcome.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English meten, Old English gemētan; cognate with Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian. See moot¹

Related forms

meet·er, noun

Synonyms
7. confront. 8. join, connect, intersect, cross, converge, unite. 17. collect. 23. contest, competition.

Antonyms
17. adjourn, scatter. 19. diverge.

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World English Dictionary

met (mɛt)

—vb
	the past tense and past participle of meet

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Word Origin & History

meet

O.E. gemæte "suitable, having the same dimensions," from P.Gmc. *ga-mætijaz (cf. O.N. mætr, O.H.G. gimagi, Ger. gemäß "suitable"), from collective prefix *ga- + PIE *med- "to measure." The root sense is thus the same as commensurate.

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Met

1896, slang for "member of the New York Metropolitan Base-Ball Club."

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

Met abbr.
methionine

MET abbr.
metabolic equivalent

Slang Dictionary

meet definition

n.
a meeting or an appointment. (Mostly underworld.) : If this meet works out, we could score a cool million.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms

Met