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

The request is only possible if various criteria are met, including that the sentences in separate proceedings be of the same nature and have exhausted all appeals.

From Barron's

When we met this weekend in the government headquarters in Kyiv, he said that far from losing, Ukraine would end the war victorious.

From BBC

There is no public framework to explain why these companies were selected, what criteria they met, or when the government plans to exit.

From The Wall Street Journal

By AOC’s own account, she met privately with a number of left-leaning German ministers and legislators and spoke before a packed house at a Berlin university.

From Salon

“And what people didn’t get to experience personally was, she is—she was, I’m still saying ‘is’—she’s possibly the nicest person I’ve ever met.”

From Salon

Related Words

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