met
verb
simple past tense and past participle of meet.
met
1 American
[met]
/ mɛt /
verb
Met
2
American
abbreviation
Biochemistry.
met-
3
American
met.
4
American
abbreviation
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metaphor.
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metaphysics.
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meteorology.
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metropolitan.
Met
1
British
/ mɛt /
noun
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(in Britain) the Metropolitan Police Force: the main police force serving London
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(in the US) the Metropolitan Museum of Art
met.
2
British
abbreviation
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meteorological
the met. office weather report
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meteorology
met
3
British
/ mɛt /
verb
met
Idioms
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Etymology
Origin of met
First recorded before 900
Example Sentences
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When England and Wales met for the first time, at Headingley in 2024, England won 82-0 in a match which could be best described as women against girls.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The former cancer patient said she had met the pope last year in Rome, "and he blessed me for a successful treatment."
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
We’d briefly met a few years previously at my former partner’s workplace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
They won 100 games during the regular season and advanced to the NLCS, where they met an opponent, Hernández said, that was “almost playing perfect baseball.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
I’ve never met him outside of my premonition, but I know him.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The Met said that if the team was "successful in improving confidence within the community", then this approach would be "rolled out across the force".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
You don’t get when ‘’When Harry Met Sally…” by making one romantic comedy, you get it by making 200, and one of them is that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Met Office has said sightings could continue to be possible during clear skies until Tuesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
"We will take a zero-tolerance approach to hate crime and other offending," said senior Met officer Carl Galvin.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
But the ferment among the bomb scientists continued—centered, as always, at the Met Lab in Chicago.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
“Tanya came through from the kitchen with another tray of small things on sticks–olives, chunks of pineapple. Our eyes met. ‘I’m going through a ‘70s thing,’ she said.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
“With this tremendous power comes a higher ethical standard that apparently wasn’t met. The IG can and must get answers for the public.”
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
“It’s like Floyd is the greatest thing Clark’s ever met. A less sophisticated actor might not do that. That choice launched a chemistry between us that was very special.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
"One is notification one year in advance, which is actually met. And the second is paying the arrears, so we hope they will do that but we haven't received anything yet."
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
“Her name is Bug. She’s the friend I was telling you about before. The one who I didn’t like when we first met. She’s been my best friend since I was about your age.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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