Meet means to interact in some way. You can meet someone at a party, you can meet another team in a game.
To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.
Noun
a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
Verb
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
Verb
fill or meet a want or need
Verb
be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
Verb
meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
Verb
come together; "I''ll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
Verb
undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
Verb
collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let''s gather in the dining room"
Verb
get together socially or for a specific purpose
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satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn''t match my dreams"
Verb
get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
Verb
satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
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be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
Verb
experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
Adjective S.
being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
v. t.
To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact
with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against,
front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and
overtaking.
v. t.
To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to
encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship
met opposing winds and currents.
v. t.
To come into the presence of without contact; to come
close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or
recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or
persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the
ear.
v. t.
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal
acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid
sight; he met his fate.
v. t.
To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to
satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets
the demand.
v. t.
To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in
contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to
join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met
in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.
v. t.
To come together with hostile purpose; to have an
encounter or conflict.
v. t.
To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on
the first Monday of December.
v. t.
To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree;
to harmonize; to unite.
n.
An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for
the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
a.
Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
adv.
Meetly.
Meet
His daughter came out to meet him.4.
Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.5.
Meet
O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined !2.
Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes.3.
They . . . appointed a day to meet together.4.
We met with many things worthy of observation.
Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince.
Meet
Meet
It was meet that we should make merry.
Meet
To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.
To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship;
An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
Usage Examples
A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with.
And for me, the real world involves everything: risk, danger, beauty, energy, all we meet with in the real world.
Almost all the fans I meet are pretty cool people. They're intelligent and tend to think about things a bit more than your average rock'n'roll fans: sensible people I wouldn't mind having a drink with.
Always wear cute pyjamas to bed, you'll never know who u will meet in your dreams.
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.
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Other Usage ExamplesA conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home to return no more to Europe, it seems to me that I shall ever enjoy more peace of mind, and even Physical comfort than I can meet with in any portion of the world beside.
Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.
Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?
Actors are steeped in a world of agents and where the next job is coming from and what are their expenses and what is the hotel like. You want to take them out of that world and dump them into another world, so that when you meet them on the screen they don't seem like the guy who was in two others movies that year.
A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
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