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met-

variant 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 phrases
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 cute. cute ( def 6 ).
29.
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.
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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meet1 (miːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb (sometimes foll by up or(US) with) (sometimes foll by with) , meets, meeting, met
1.  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
3.  (tr) to come to or be at the place of arrival of: to meet a train
4.  to make the acquaintance of or be introduced to (someone or each other): have you two met?
5.  to gather in the company of (someone or each other): the board of directors meets on Tuesday
6.  to come into the presence of (someone or each other) as opponents: Joe meets Fred in the boxing match
7.  (tr) to cope with effectively; satisfy: to meet someone's demands
8.  (tr) to be apparent to (esp in the phrase meet the eye)
9.  (tr) to return or counter: to meet a blow with another
10.  to agree with (someone or each other): we met him on the price he suggested
11.  to experience; suffer: he met his death in a road accident
12.  to occur together: courage and kindliness met in him
13.  (Caribbean) (tr) to find (a person, situation, etc) in a specified condition: I met the door open
14.  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
 
—n
15.  the assembly of hounds, huntsmen, etc, prior to a hunt
16.  a meeting, esp a sports meeting
17.  (US) the place where the paths of two railway trains meet or cross
18.  meet-and-greet a session where a celebrity, etc, is introduced to or questioned by members of the public or journalists
 
[Old English mētan; related to Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian]
 
'meeter1
 
—n

meet2 (miːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj
archaic proper, fitting, or correct
 
[C13: from variant of Old English gemǣte; related to Old High German māza suitability, Old Norse mǣtr valuable]
 
'meetly2
 
—adv

met (mɛt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb
the past tense and past participle of meet

met.
 
—abbreviation for
1.  meteorological: the met. office weather report
2.  meteorology

meta- or (sometimes before a vowel) met-
 
—prefix
1.  indicating change, alteration, or alternation: metabolism; metamorphosis
2.  See also metatheory (of an academic discipline, esp philosophy) concerned with the concepts and results of the named discipline: metamathematics; meta-ethics
3.  occurring or situated behind or after: metaphase
4.  (often in italics) ortho- Compare para- m- denoting that an organic compound contains a benzene ring with substituents in the 1,3-positions: metadinitrobenzene; meta-cresol
5.  denoting an isomer, polymer, or compound related to a specified compound (often differing from similar compounds that are prefixed by para-): metaldehyde
6.  Compare ortho- denoting an oxyacid that is a lower hydrated form of the anhydride or a salt of such an acid: metaphosphoric acid
 
[Greek, from meta with, after, between, among. Compare Old English mid, mith with, Old Norse meth with, between]
 
met- or (sometimes before a vowel) met-
 
—prefix
 
[Greek, from meta with, after, between, among. Compare Old English mid, mith with, Old Norse meth with, between]

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Word Origin & History

meet
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
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.

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

Met abbr.
methionine

MET abbr.
metabolic equivalent

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Slang Dictionary

meet definition


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

  1. New York Metropolitan Opera Company

  2. New York Metropolitan Opera House

MET
metabolic equivalent
met.

  1. metaphysics

  2. metropolitan

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Idioms & Phrases

met

See under meet.

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Example sentences
What is less well-known about the trip is who else he met.
During these years, he met and married another writer of innovating beliefs.
For example, an official met for the first time may abruptly sink his fingers
  into your neck.
There's no evidence the two ever met outside of jail.
Idioms & Phrases
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