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verb (used with object),met, meet·ing.
  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.

  1. to join at an agreed or designated place or time: Meet me in St. Louis.

  2. to be present at the arrival of: to meet a train.

  3. to come to or before (one's notice, or a means of noticing, as the eyes or ears): A peculiar sight met my eyes.

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

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

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

  7. to encounter in opposition, conflict, or contest: Harvard meets Yale next week in football.

  8. to oppose: to meet charges with countercharges.

  9. to cope or deal effectively with (an objection, difficulty, etc.).

  10. to comply with; fulfill; answer: to meet a deadline;to meet a demand.

  11. to pay in full: How will you meet expenses?

  12. to come into conformity with (wishes, expectations, views, etc.).

  13. to encounter in experience: to meet hostility.

verb (used without object),met, meet·ing.
  1. to come together, face to face, or into company: We met on the street.

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

  1. to become personally acquainted.

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

  3. to be conjoined or united.

  4. to concur or agree.

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

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

  2. those assembled.

  1. the place of such an assembling.

  2. Mathematics. intersection (def. 3a).

Verb Phrases
  1. 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 about meet

  1. meet cute, cute (def. 6).

  2. 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.

  1. well met, Archaic. welcome.

Origin of meet

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First recorded before 900; Middle English mete(n), miete(n), Old English (ge)mētan; cognate with Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian; see moot

Other words for meet

Opposites for meet

Other words from meet

  • meeter, noun

Words that may be confused with meet

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Other definitions for meet (2 of 2)

meet2
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adjectiveArchaic.
  1. suitable; fitting; proper.

Origin of meet

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First recorded before 1000; Middle English mete, meete, mette, from Old English gemǣte “suitable,” cognate with German gemäss “suitable, appropriate”

Other words for meet

Other words from meet

  • meetness, noun

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How to use meet in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for meet (1 of 2)

meet1

/ (miːt) /


verbmeets, meeting or met
  1. (sometimes foll by up or ( US ) with) to come together (with), either by design or by accident; encounter: I met him unexpectedly; we met at the station

  2. 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

  1. (tr) to come to or be at the place of arrival of: to meet a train

  2. to make the acquaintance of or be introduced to (someone or each other): have you two met?

  3. to gather in the company of (someone or each other): the board of directors meets on Tuesday

  4. to come into the presence of (someone or each other) as opponents: Joe meets Fred in the boxing match

  5. (tr) to cope with effectively; satisfy: to meet someone's demands

  6. (tr) to be apparent to (esp in the phrase meet the eye)

  7. (tr) to return or counter: to meet a blow with another

  8. to agree with (someone or each other): we met him on the price he suggested

  9. (tr sometimes foll by with) to experience; suffer: he met his death in a road accident

  10. to occur together: courage and kindliness met in him

  11. (tr) Caribbean to find (a person, situation, etc) in a specified condition: I met the door open

  12. 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
  1. the assembly of hounds, huntsmen, etc, prior to a hunt

  2. a meeting, esp a sports meeting

  1. US the place where the paths of two railway trains meet or cross

  2. meet-and-greet a session where a celebrity, etc, is introduced to or questioned by members of the public or journalists

Origin of meet

1
Old English mētan; related to Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian

Derived forms of meet

  • meeter, noun

British Dictionary definitions for meet (2 of 2)

meet2

/ (miːt) /


adjective
  1. archaic proper, fitting, or correct

Origin of meet

2
C13: from variant of Old English gemǣte; related to Old High German māza suitability, Old Norse mǣtr valuable

Derived forms of meet

  • meetly, adverb

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Other Idioms and Phrases with meet

meet

In addition to the idioms beginning with meet

  • meeting of the minds
  • meet one's match
  • meet one's Waterloo
  • meet the requirements
  • meet up with
  • meet with

also see:

  • go (meet) halfway
  • make ends meet
  • more than meets the eye

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