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–verb
pt. and pp. of meet 1 .
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Met

 
Biochemistry.
methionine.

met-

 
var. of meta- before a vowel: metempirical.

met.

 
1. metaphor.
2. metaphysics.
3. meteorology.
4. metropolitan.

meet

1  [meet] verb, met, meet⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
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.
8. to come into physical contact, juxtaposition, or collision with: The two cars met each other head-on at high speed.
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; 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.
–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.
21. to concur or agree.
22. to come together in opposition or conflict, as adversaries or hostile forces.
–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,
a. to come across; encounter: to meet with opposition.
b. to experience; undergo; receive: The visitors met with courtesy during their stay.
c. to join, as for conference or instruction: I met with her an hour a day until we solved the problem.
—Idioms
28. meet halfway,
a. 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.
b. to anticipate another's actions and conduct oneself accordingly.
29. well met, Archaic. welcome.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME meten, OE gemētan; c. ON mœta, OS mōtian. See moot 1

Related forms:
meeter, noun

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

Antonyms:
17. adjourn, scatter. 19. diverge.

meta-

 
1. a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “after,” “along with,” “beyond,” “among,” “behind,” and productive in English on the Greek model: metacarpus; metagenesis; metalinguistics.
2. Chemistry.
a. (of acids, salts, or their organic derivatives) a prefix denoting the least hydrated of a series: meta-antimonic, HSbO3; meta-antimonous, HSbO2. Compare ortho-, pyro-.
b. a prefix designating the meta position in the benzene ring. Abbreviation: m-. Compare ortho-, para- 1 .
Also, especially before a vowel, met-.

Origin:
< Gk, prefix and prep.; c. OE mid with, G mit, Goth mith
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meet 1   (mēt)   
v.   met (mět), meet·ing, meets

v.   tr.

  1. To come upon by chance or arrangement.

  2. To be present at the arrival of: met the train.

  3. To be introduced to.

  4. To come into conjunction with; join: where the sea meets the sky.

  5. To come into the company or presence of, as for a conference.

  6. To come to the notice of (the senses): There is more here than meets the eye.

  7. To experience; undergo: met his fate with courage.

  8. To deal with; oppose: "We have met the enemy and they are ours" (Oliver Hazard Perry).

  9. To cope or contend effectively with: meet each problem as it arises.

  10. To come into conformity with the views, wishes, or opinions of: The firm has done its best to meet us on that point.

  11. To satisfy (a need, for example); fulfill: meet all the conditions in the contract. See Synonyms at satisfy.

  12. To pay; settle: enough money to meet expenses.

v.   intr.

  1. To come together: Let's meet tonight.

  2. To come into conjunction; be joined: "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet" (Rudyard Kipling).

  3. To come together as opponents; contend.

  4. To become introduced.

  5. To assemble.

  6. To occur together, especially in one person or entity.

n.  A meeting or contest, especially an athletic competition.
Phrasal Verb(s):
meet with

  1. To experience or undergo.

  2. To receive: Our plan met with their approval.


Idiom(s):
meet (one's) Maker Slang To die.

Idiom(s):
meet (someone) halfwayTo make a compromise with.

[Middle English meten, from Old English mētan.]
met   (mět)   
v.  Past tense and past participle of meet1.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
meet

  1. 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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Word Origin & History

meet  (v.)
O.E. metan, from P.Gmc. *motijanan (cf.O.N. mæta, O.S. motian "to meet"). Related to O.E. gemot "meeting." The noun, in the sporting sense, is attested from 1831, originally of hunting. Meeting "gathering of people for discussion, etc." is attested from 1513. In 17c., it was applied generally to worship assemblies of nonconformists, but this now is retained mostly by Quakers.

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

meta- 
prefix meaning 1. "after, behind," 2. "changed, altered," 3. "higher, beyond," from Gk. meta (prep.) "in the midst of, among, with, after," from PIE *me- "in the middle" (cf. Goth. miþ, O.E. mið "with, together with, among," see mid). Notion of "changing places with" probably led to senses "change of place, order, or nature," which was the principal meaning of the Gk. word when used as a prefix. Third sense, "higher, beyond," is due to misinterpretation of metaphysics (q.v.) as "transcending physical science."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: met
Pronunciation: 'met, "em-(")E-'tE
Function: noun
often all cap : a unit of measure of the rate at which the body expends energy thatis based on the energy expenditure while sitting at rest and is equal to 3.5 milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body weight per minute called also metabolic equivalent

Main Entry: Met
Function: abbreviation
methionine; methionyl

Main Entry: meta-
Variant: or met-
Function: prefix
1 : isomeric with or otherwise closely related to <metaldehyde>
2 : involving substitution at or characterized by two positions in the benzene ring that are separated by one carbon atom —abbreviation m- <meta-xylene orm-xylene>; —compare ORTH- 2, PARA- 2
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Met abbr.
methionine

MET abbr.
metabolic equivalent

meta- or met-
pref.

  1. Later in time: metestrus.

  2. At a later stage of development: metanephros.

  3. Situated behind: metacarpus.

  4. Change; transformation: metachromatism.

  5. Alternation: metagenesis.

  6. Beyond; transcending; more comprehensive: metapsychology.

  7. At a higher state of development: metazoan.

  8. Having undergone metamorphosis: metamyelocyte.

  9. Derivative or related chemical substance: metaprotein.


  10. Abbr. m- Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups, in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by one unsubstituted carbon atom. Usually used in italic: meta-dibromobenzene.

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Idioms & Phrases

met

See under meet.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
Met

  1. New York Metropolitan Opera Company

  2. New York Metropolitan Opera House

MET
metabolic equivalent
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