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
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Etymology
Origin of met
First recorded before 900
Example Sentences
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Since October 29, anyone trying to reach Archive of Our Own -- known to devotees as AO3 -- has been met with a message saying the site is down for maintenance.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
I traveled, ate and drank, and I met kindred souls I felt I’d known for lifetimes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The Australian, who, like Borthwick, had been heavily backed by the RFU, was eventually forced out after a November 2022 defeat by South Africa was met by a chorus of jeers from the Twickenham stands.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Seen by the mid-1700s as a sinkhole of expense rather than a source of profit, Louisiana never met the hopes of its proponents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
We met Lloyd coming home, swinging his dinner pail.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Otto Schenk’s vivid storybook Met production, which ran from 1986 to 2009, showed that traditional stagecraft could serve a dramatically alert vision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Grahame Madge, a spokesperson for Britain's Met Office, told AFP: "This is very early, and possibly that earliness is triggered by the amplitude of the El Nino event in the Pacific."
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
This year's El Niño, which the UK Met Office has forecast to be the "strongest in living memory", is likely to last until February or March.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
According to the Met Office Space Weather Centre, following a recent increase in solar wind activity, there is another chance of seeing the Northern Lights tonight, particularly across northern Scotland.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
“Albie, you know she’s from California? Just moved to the city two weeks ago. You’ve really never been to the Met before?” she asked the girl.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
“Everyone says I was the most chill bride they ever met. I wasn’t stressed about anything except the missing veil. My veil was missing for a little bit,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
“I knew it from the first time we met. I knew it from that first week: ‘This is going to be a forever thing, I just know it,’” Crystal told People.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“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
“I knew you would come. The moment we met. Your eyes have dog in them.”
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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