met

¹ American  

[met] / mɛt /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of meet.

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Met ² American  

abbreviation

Biochemistry.

1. methionine.

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met- ³ American  

1. variant of meta- before a vowel.

   metempirical.

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met. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. metaphor.

2. metaphysics.

3. meteorology.

4. metropolitan.

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Met ¹ British  

/ mɛt /

noun

1. (in Britain) the Metropolitan Police Force: the main police force serving London

2. (in the US) the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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met. ² British  

abbreviation

1. meteorological

   the met. office weather report

2. meteorology

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met ³ British  

/ mɛt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of meet 1

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met Idioms  

1. See under meet.

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Other Word Forms

• unmet adjective

Etymology

Origin of met

First recorded before 900

Example Sentences

Legal and administrative systems have for decades treated a postmark as evidence of when an individual met a deadline.

From The Wall Street Journal

After Hammel-Sawyer’s first marriage ended, she worked as an assistant children’s librarian in Santa Barbara and met a reference librarian named Ben Sawyer.

From Los Angeles Times

My cousin Miguel, who I had met maybe three, four times in my life, had come to Kentucky to make a horse racing movie and he got me a job as an extra.

From Los Angeles Times

Have you met or worked with Carol before?

From Los Angeles Times

We met in a cozy bar at the Crockfords, one of the swankiest luxury hotels on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accumulated
• collected
• concentrated
• huddled
• massed
• reunited