met
verb
simple past tense and past participle of meet.
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met
1 American
[met]
/ mɛt /
verb
Met
2
American
abbreviation
Biochemistry.
met-
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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.
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British
abbreviation
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meteorological
the met. office weather report
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meteorology
met
3
British
/ mɛt /
verb
met
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Etymology
Origin of met
First recorded before 900
Example Sentences
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When Victoria Gordon arrives at a client's house, she can be met with huge piles of clothes, stacks of unwashed dishes and badly blocked toilets.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
CNN reported that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles met privately with Jennings at Mastro’s Steakhouse in Washington, with one senior administration official explaining the interest bluntly: Jennings is “competent and good on TV.”
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Once when young, Sorcinelli met the former Robert Prevost -- the birth name of Pope Leo -- then just an Augustinian priest, but the men have not spoken since, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
I actually met briefly with the person who took it over there for a while.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
He’s never met my supervisor but loves to mock her.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
One of the most difficult challenges came when the Met Office issued the red extreme heat warning at the end of June, suggesting potential "danger to life".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Added to the effects of human-induced climate change, the Met Office is warning that it is "very likely" to mean 2027 is the hottest year on record.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Met Office data shows clear long-term temperature rises here and there has been plenty of warm, dry weather and sunshine in Scotland this summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s what turned “How I Met Your Mother” and “Friends” into generational successes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
From the bushes, I spied Met Bong and Met Preuf together by the fire.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
“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
"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
“Without the Musk effect, it would have been easily met. Now it looks unlikely.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
“You caught me unaware the last time we met. Do you dare fight me face-to-face this time, coward?”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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