met

[ met ]

/ mɛt /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of meet¹.

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OTHER WORDS FROM met

un·met, adjective

Words nearby met

mestizo, mestome, mestranol, Meŝtrović, Mesurol, met, meta, metabiosis, metabolic, metabolic heat, metabolic pathway

Other definitions for met (2 of 4)

Met

abbreviation Biochemistry.

methionine.

Other definitions for met (3 of 4)

met-

variant of meta- before a vowel: metempirical.

Other definitions for met (4 of 4)

met.

abbreviation

metaphor.

metaphysics.

meteorology.

metropolitan.

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How to use met in a sentence

According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After the screening, Jolie, who says she renewed her faith in “the divine” during filming, met briefly with the pope.
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And then I met him before I started doing the impression of him when he was a guest on SNL for a moment.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Also, she was tall and thin, too, further adding to the ways she met the physical beauty conventions.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

I was friends with her drummer from Sleater-Kinney, and I met Carrie, and we just hit it off.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The remarkable thing was that all the hurrying people she met seemed also each of them to be on a secret and mystic errand.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
It is sometimes met with in the sputum of catarrhal pneumonia, bronchitis, and tuberculosis.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
In passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Their glances met, she holding him always at arm's length by that grip upon his shoulders, a grip that was firm and nervous.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden

British Dictionary definitions for met (1 of 3)

met

/ (mɛt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of meet 1

British Dictionary definitions for met (2 of 3)

Met

/ (mɛt) /

noun the Met informal

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

(in the US) the Metropolitan Museum of Art

British Dictionary definitions for met (3 of 3)

met.

abbreviation for

meteorologicalthe met. office weather report

meteorology

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Other Idioms and Phrases with met

met

See under meet.