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1  [meet] verb, met, meet⋅ing, noun
Use meet in a Sentence
–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.
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2  [meet]
–adjective
suitable; fitting; proper.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME mete, aph. var. (see y- ) of imete; repr. OE gemǣte suitable, c. G gemäss conformable

Related forms:
meetness, noun

Synonyms:
apt, appropriate.

in⋅ter⋅sec⋅tion

  [in-ter-sek-shuhn]
–noun
1. a place where two or more roads meet, esp. when at least one is a major highway; junction.
2. any place of intersection or the act or fact of intersecting.
3. Mathematics.
a. Also called meet, product. the set of elements that two or more sets have in common. Symbol: ∩
b. the greatest lower bound of two elements in a lattice.
Origin:
1550–60; < L intersectiōn- (s. of intersectiō). See intersect, -ion

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅sec⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. crossroads, crossing, corner.
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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.]
meet 2   (mēt)   
adj.  Fitting; proper: "It seems not meet, nor wholesome to my place" (Shakespeare).

[Middle English mete, from Old English gemǣte; see med- in Indo-European roots.]
meet'ly adv.
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Meet

Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m[e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel. m[ae]ta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See Moot, v. t.]

1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.

2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.

3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.

His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi. 34.

4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.

Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope.

5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.

To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.

Meet

Meet\, v. t. 1. To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.

O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined ! --Milton.

2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton.

3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.

They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2. Macc. xiv. 21.

4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.

To meet with. (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of unexpectedness.

We met with many things worthy of observation. --Bacon. (b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss. (d) To encounter; to be subjected to.

Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. --Rowe. (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Meet

Meet\, n. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.

Meet

Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m?te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See Mete.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

It was meet that we should make merry. --Luke xv. 32.

To be meet with, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]

Meet

Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv. Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Language Translation for : meet
Spanish: encontrar, encontrarse con,
German: treffen,
Japanese: 出会う
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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.

meet  (adj.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Meet
greatest lower bound

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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meet

In addition to the idioms beginning with meet, also see go (meet) halfway; make ends meet; more than meets the eye.

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