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"
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Definition of 'meet' 
