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Definition of 'Meet'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) meet
to come into the presence of; encounter:
I met him on the street yesterday.

2.  meet
to become acquainted with; be introduced to:
I've never met your cousin.

3.  meet
to join at an agreed or designated place or time:
Meet me at noon.

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

5.  meet
to come to the apprehension of:
A strange sight met my eyes.

6.  meet
to enter into dealings or conference with.

7.  meet
to come into physical contact with:
The car met the bus head-on.

8.  meet
to encounter in opposition, conflict, or contest:
The rival teams meet each other next week.

9.  meet
to oppose:
to meet charges with countercharges.

10.  meet
to deal effectively with:
met the challenge.

11.  meet
to comply with:
to meet a deadline.

12. (v.i.) meet
to come together, face to face, or into company:
We met on the street.

13.  meet
to assemble for action or conference:
The directors will meet tomorrow.

14.  meet
to become personally acquainted.

15.  meet
to come into contact or form a junction:
the streets meet.

16.  meet
to concur; agree.

17.  meet
to come together in opposition or conflict.

18.  meet
meet with,

19.  meet
to encounter; experience:
to meet with opposition.

20. (n.) meet
an assembly for athletic or sports competition, as for racing:
a track meet.

21. (adj.) meet
suitable; fitting; proper.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME mete < aph. var. of imete < OE gemæmacr;te suitable; akin to

Definition of 'Meet'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) meet, sports meeting
a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

2. (verb) fitting, meet
being precisely fitting and right
"it is only meet that she should be seated first"

3. (verb) meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

4. (verb) meet, get together
get together socially or for a specific purpose

5. (verb) converge, meet
be adjacent or come together
"The lines converge at this point"

6. (verb) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
fill or meet a want or need

7. (verb) meet, fit, conform to
satisfy a condition or restriction
"Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"

8. (verb) meet, match, cope with
satisfy or fulfill
"meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"

9. (verb) meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
collect in one place
"We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

10. (verb) meet
get to know; get acquainted with
"I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"

11. (verb) meet
meet by design; be present at the arrival of
"Can you meet me at the train station?"

12. (verb) meet, encounter, play, take on
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

13. (verb) meet, encounter, receive
experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"

14. (verb) suffer, meet
undergo or suffer
"meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

15. (verb) touch, adjoin, meet, contact
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
"The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"

Definition of 'Meet'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) meet
to get to know sb for the first time
We met at a party.

2.  meet
(of two or more people) to come together
The choir meets once a week to practice.; Meet me in the park at 2 o'clock.; I'm meeting with my boss for my review next week.

3.  meet
to come together with sb by chance
Guess who I met at the mall this morning.

4.  meet
to reach or achieve a goal
The government claims to have met their employment targets.

5.  meet
(of lines, roads, etc.) to come together; = converge
The two roads meet on the mountain ridge.

6.  meet
to experience
The organizers met with a few difficulties.

Definition of 'Meet'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Meet
suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient

2. (adverb) Meet
meetly

3. (noun) Meet
an assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting

4. (verb) Meet
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

5. (verb) Meet
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

6. (verb) Meet
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

7. (verb) Meet
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

8. (verb) Meet
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

9. (verb) Meet
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

10. (verb) Meet
to come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict

11. (verb) Meet
to assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December

12. (verb) Meet
to come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite

Translation of 'Meet'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to come face to face with (eg a person whom one knows), by chance She met a man on the train.
Afrikaans: ontmoet	Arabic: يُقابِل، يَلْتَقي	Bulgarian: срещам
Brazilian: encontrar	Czech: potkat	German: treffen
Danish: møde; træffe; støde på	Greek: συναντώ	Spanish: encontrar, encontrarse co
Estonian: kohtuma	Farsi: دیدار کردن	Finnish: tavata
French: (se) rencontrer	Hebrew: לְהִיפָּגֵש, לִפגוֹש	Hindi: मिलना
Croatian: sresti, sastati	Hungarian: találkozik vkivel	Indonesian: bertemu
Icelandic: mæta	Italian: incontrare	Japanese: 出会う
Korean: (우연히) 만나다	Lithuanian: su(si)tikti	Latvian: satikt
Malay: bertemu	Dutch: ontmoeten	Norwegian: møte, treffe, ta imot
Polish: spotykać	Persian: دیدار کردن	Pashto: ليدل
Portuguese: encontrar	Romanian: a (se)întâlni	Russian: встречать(ся)
Slovak: stretnúť	Slovenian: srečati	Serbian: sresti
Swedish: möta, träffa	Thai: พบโดยบังเอิญ	Turkish: karşılaşmak, rastlamak
Taiwanese: 遇見	Ukrainian: зустрічати(ся)	Urdu: اتفاقا آمنے سامنے ہونا
Vietnamese: gặp gỡ	Chinese: 遇见
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