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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Shortly before Nashville finished filming, she met a new boyfriend, Brian Hickerson.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In 2018, after appearing in “Dunkirk,” he met his wife-to-be, Saoirse Ronan, while filming “Mary Queen of Scots.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Kushner met Sunday with Hamas officials for direct talks in the Egyptian city of El Alamein, people familiar with the talks said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The most mundane questions are met with exuberance: “Certainly!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Mien was a pretty young Dutch woman we had met in Vught.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
In correspondence previously provided to the BBC, the Met said: "The live investigation into those who could have facilitated or enabled Mohamed Al Fayed's offending continues."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the West Midlands, the highest maximum temperature was 38C in Pershore, Worcestershire, according to Met Office figures.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
BBC national political correspondent Joe Pike has written a piece about the parliamentary inquiry at Met Police investigation.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Mark - who on Wednesday called the case a "whole system failing" - said he had already apologised for what the Met had got wrong.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Every time a teacher would drag our class to the Met for a field trip, I’d look around for good hiding spots, but I knew I would never be able to do anything that brave.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
“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
She describes Seehorn as perhaps “the easiest person to fall in love with that I’ve ever met. Other than my husband!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 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
“You are the stupidest smart animal I’ve ever met. And you could not scare a tadpole.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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