met
simple past tense and past participle of meet1.
Origin of met
1Other words from met
- un·met, adjective
Other definitions for Met (2 of 4)
Other definitions for met- (3 of 4)
variant of meta- before a vowel: metempirical.
Other definitions for met. (4 of 4)
metaphor.
metaphysics.
meteorology.
metropolitan.
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How to use met in a sentence
According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.
After the screening, Jolie, who says she renewed her faith in “the divine” during filming, met briefly with the pope.
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd then I met him before I started doing the impression of him when he was a guest on SNL for a moment.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAlso, she was tall and thin, too, further adding to the ways she met the physical beauty conventions.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? | Emily Shire | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI was friends with her drummer from Sleater-Kinney, and I met Carrie, and we just hit it off.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
The remarkable thing was that all the hurrying people she met seemed also each of them to be on a secret and mystic errand.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettIt is sometimes met with in the sputum of catarrhal pneumonia, bronchitis, and tuberculosis.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIn passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterTheir glances met, she holding him always at arm's length by that grip upon his shoulders, a grip that was firm and nervous.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniIt mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) Ogden
British Dictionary definitions for met (1 of 3)
/ (mɛt) /
the past tense and past participle of meet 1
British Dictionary definitions for Met (2 of 3)
/ (mɛt) /
(in Britain) the Metropolitan Police Force: the main police force serving London
(in the US) the Metropolitan Museum of Art
British Dictionary definitions for met. (3 of 3)
meteorological: the met. office weather report
meteorology
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Other Idioms and Phrases with met
See under meet.
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