met
verb
simple past tense and past participle of meet.
met
1 American
[met]
/ mɛt /
verb
Met
2
American
abbreviation
Biochemistry.
met-
3
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.
2
British
abbreviation
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meteorological
the met. office weather report
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meteorology
met
3
British
/ mɛt /
verb
met
Idioms
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of met
First recorded before 900
Example Sentences
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Holland and Zendaya first met when they were cast alongside each other in “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” and rumors soon began to surface that their on-screen romance may have turned into a real-life love.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Before the event, Kao said, Collins, Abbott and another staffer met with him in private.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The pair met a few kilometres from the New York jail where Maduro is awaiting trial for drug trafficking and other charges.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Anisa met me outside the lounge before departure and walked me to my gate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
But when he crouched to the ground, the illusion fell away, and he was met with nothing but a scarred brown floorboard.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
El Niño can cause major shifts in weather patterns around the world, with the Met Office saying many of the expected impacts are already being felt.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Lucas’ comments came after his friend and co-host Queen Latifah noted to the cheering crowd that, “Paris has the Louvre, New York has the Met and now L.A. has the artistic equal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
At this year’s Met Gala, a version of that 2016 bubble dress—called “Seijaku,” which means “serenity”—was worn by the Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The charges followed an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct after a mandatory referral from the Met Police.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
During 1944 and 1945, open criticism of Groves’s regime surfaced at the Chicago Met Lab and other Manhattan Project outposts.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
“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
She told the festival: "It's quite embarrassing to get that close... to somebody that you've only just met. We're not Love Island kids."
From BBC ● May 25, 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
I said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Your Honor, we haven't met. My name is Bryan Stevenson, I am the lawyer on the case set for hearing this morning."
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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