met

¹

[met]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of meet.

Met

²

abbreviation

Biochemistry.

1. methionine.

met-

³

1. variant of meta- before a vowel.

   metempirical.

met.

⁴

abbreviation

1. metaphor.

2. metaphysics.

3. meteorology.

4. metropolitan.

Met

¹

/ mɛt /

noun

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

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

met.

²

abbreviation

1. meteorological

   the met. office weather report

2. meteorology

met

³

/ mɛt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of meet 1

Other Word Forms

• unmet adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of met¹

First recorded before 900

Idioms and Phrases

See under meet.

Example Sentences

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met the EU's 27 trade ministers for the first high-level talks in Brussels since the transatlantic allies struck a tariff deal in July.

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He then met Australian model Butcher in 2012 and fathered his two youngest children with her.

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“Its own copper production in Chile is declining, its capex is rising—in part due to capital-intensive, longer-term copper projects—and its relative exposure to iron ore and met coal is rising.”

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Two weeks later, when Letterman’s production company offered Romano a development deal, he met with Rosenthal, and the two began shaping the sitcom, blending their sensibilities.

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Last’s public statements on this subject, he writes, are often met with eye rolls: “Oh, so now the crossword puzzle needs to be woke?”

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