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See more synonyms for meet on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object), met, meet·ing. to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments. to become acquainted with; be introduced to: I've never met your cousin. to join at an agreed or designated place or time: Meet me in St. Louis. to be present at the arrival of: to meet a train. to come to or before (one's notice, or a means of noticing, as the eyes or ears): A peculiar sight met my eyes. to come into the company of (a person, group, etc.) in dealings, conference, etc. to face, eye, etc., directly or without avoidance. to come into physical contact, juxtaposition, or collision with: The two cars met each other head-on at high speed. to encounter in opposition, conflict, or contest: Harvard meets Yale next week in football. to oppose: to meet charges with countercharges. to cope or deal effectively with (an objection, difficulty, etc.). to comply with; fulfill; satisfy: to meet a deadline; to meet a demand. to pay in full: How will you meet expenses? to come into conformity with (wishes, expectations, views, etc.). to encounter in experience: to meet hostility. Show More
verb (used without object), met, meet·ing. to come together, face to face, or into company: We met on the street. to assemble for action, conference, or other common purpose, as a committee, legislature, or class: The board of directors will meet on Tuesday. to become personally acquainted. to come into contact or form a junction, as lines, planes, or areas: The two lines meet to form an angle. to be conjoined or united. to concur or agree. to come together in opposition or conflict, as adversaries or hostile forces. Show More
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet. those assembled. the place of such an assembling. Mathematics intersection(def 3a) .Show More
meet with , to come across; encounter: to meet with opposition. to experience; undergo; receive: The visitors met with courtesy during their stay. to join, as for conference or instruction: I met with her an hour a day until we solved the problem. Show More
meet cute , cute(def 6) . meet halfway , to concede in part, as to the demands of an opposing faction; make concessions, as to another person; compromise: Despite their differences, the union and the company finally agreed to meet halfway and settle their dispute. to anticipate another's actions and conduct oneself accordingly. well met , Archaic welcome. Show More
Origin of meet 1 before 900; Middle English meten, Old English gemētan; cognate with
Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian. See
moot1 Related forms meet·er , noun suitable; fitting; proper. Show More
Origin of meet 2 before 1000; Middle English mete, aphetic variant (see
y- ) of
imete; representing
Old English gemǣte suitable, cognate with
German gemäss conformable
Related forms meet·ness , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for meet tournament ,
tourney ,
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show ,
gather ,
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fit Examples from the Web for meet Contemporary Examples of meet On Tuesday, President Obama will meet with Enrique Peña Nieto, the President of Mexico.
When we meet them, their lives are unfulfilled, and at no point are we convinced their condition will change.
I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.
She was gonna be in New York and wanted to hang around for New Years and hopefully be able to stay long enough to meet our baby.
But the current pontiff, for reasons one might fully understand, declined to meet the would-be papal assassin.
Historical Examples of meet No, Bines; they'll be here presently, and you can meet them, anyway.
That reminds me; they're friends of ours, too, and I must have you meet them.
May Heaven bless you, and permit us to meet again in another world, if not in this!
He was far from expecting to meet him on shipboard bound to India.
I should like to meet him face to face, and charge him with his treachery.
British Dictionary definitions for meet verb meets , meeting or met (sometimes foll by up or ( US ) with ) to come together (with), either by design or by accident; encounter I met him unexpectedly ; we met at the station to come into or be in conjunction or contact with (something or each other) the roads meet in the town ; the sea meets the sky (tr) to come to or be at the place of arrival of to meet a train to make the acquaintance of or be introduced to (someone or each other) have you two met? to gather in the company of (someone or each other) the board of directors meets on Tuesday to come into the presence of (someone or each other) as opponents Joe meets Fred in the boxing match (tr) to cope with effectively; satisfy to meet someone's demands (tr) to be apparent to (esp in the phrase meet the eye ) (tr) to return or counter to meet a blow with another to agree with (someone or each other) we met him on the price he suggested (tr sometimes foll by with ) to experience; suffer he met his death in a road accident to occur together courage and kindliness met in him (tr) Caribbean to find (a person, situation, etc) in a specified condition I met the door open meet and greet (of a celebrity, politician, etc) to have a session of being introduced to and questioned by members of the public or journalists Show More
the assembly of hounds, huntsmen, etc, prior to a hunt a meeting, esp a sports meeting US the place where the paths of two railway trains meet or cross meet-and-greet a session where a celebrity, etc, is introduced to or questioned by members of the public or journalists Show More
Derived Forms meeter , noun Word Origin for meet Old English mētan; related to Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian
archaic proper, fitting, or correct Show More
Derived Forms meetly , adverb Word Origin for meet C13: from variant of Old English gemǣte; related to Old High German māza suitability, Old Norse mǣtr valuable
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Word Origin and History for meet v. Old English metan "to find, find out; fall in with, encounter; obtain," from Proto-Germanic *motjan (cf. Old Norse mæta , Old Frisian meta , Old Saxon motian "to meet," Gothic gamotijan ), from PIE root *mod- "to meet, assemble." Related to Old English gemot "meeting." Meaning "to assemble" is from 1520s. Of things, "to come into contact," c.1300. Related: Met ; meeting . To meet (someone) halfway in the figurative sense is from 1620s.
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adj. "proper, fitting," Old English gemæte , Anglian *gemete , "suitable, having the same dimensions," from Proto-Germanic *ga-mætijaz (cf. Old Norse mætr , Old High German gimagi , German gemäß "suitable"), from collective prefix *ga- + PIE *med- "to measure" (see medical (adj.)). The basic formation is thus the same as that of commensurate .
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n. 1831 in the sporting sense, originally of gatherings for hunting, from meet (v.).
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Idioms and Phrases with meet In addition to the idioms beginning with meet
meeting of the minds meet one's match meet one's Waterloo meet the requirements meet up with meet with also see:
go (meet) halfway make ends meet more than meets the eye Show More
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