Meet
[miːt] or [mit]
Definition
(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.) 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.) 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.
(verb.) 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?'.
(verb.) experience as a reaction; 'My proposal met with much opposition'.
Checked by Dale--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Inputed by Joanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Fit, proper, fitting, befitting, suitable, suited, adapted, appropriate, congenial.
v. a. [1]. Come together (from opposite directions).[2]. Confront, encounter, come up to face to face.[3]. Find, meet with, light on, fall upon, fall in with, happen upon.[4]. Fulfil, comply with.
v. n. [1]. Encounter one another.[2]. Unite, join, converge, come in contact.[3]. Assemble, congregate, muster, collect, come together, flock together, meet together.
Edited by Erna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Encounter, confront, engage, as,[See {[-v-inhK-]?}], unite, coalesce,converge
ANT:Miss, pass, escape, elude, decline, avoid, disperse, diverge, separate, vary,disagree
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Definition
adj. fitting: qualified.—adv. Meet′ly.—n. Meet′ness.
v.t. to come face to face: to encounter in conflict: to find or experience; to refute: be suitable to: satisfy as by payment: to receive as a welcome.—v.i. to come together from different points: to assemble: to have an encounter: to balance or come out correct:—pa.t. and pa.p. met.—n. a meeting as of huntsmen.—ns. Meet′ing a coming face to face for friendly or hostile ends: an interview: an assembly: a crossing of two roads: a junction of two rivers; Meet′ing-house a house or building where people esp. Dissenters meet for public worship; Race′-meet′ing a stated occasion for horse-racing.—Meet half-way to make mutual concessions; Meet the ear or eye to be told or shown anything distinctly: to be readily apparent; Meet with to come to or upon esp. unexpectedly: (Bacon) to obviate (as an objection).—Well met an old complimentary greeting.
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Examples
- A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Opening the door, he spoke a few words quickly but quietly to two females who ran to meet him in the passage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It will then be publicly seen that, on both sides, we meet only as common and indifferent acquaintance. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Sometimes I would meet him in the neighbourhood lounging about and biting his nails. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He kissed Amy as she started up to meet him, nodded to Fanny, nodded to his father, gloomed on the visitor without further recognition, and sat down. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She's devilish like Miss Cutler that I used to meet at Dumdum, only fairer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hope to meet again there. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In the spring of 1862 the Monitor met the Merrimac in engagement in Hampton Roads, and established the great value of the turret monitor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I did not parade with either party, but occasionally met with the wide awakes --Republicans--in their rooms, and superintended their drill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She saw nothing more of her uncle, nor of her aunt Norris, till they met at dinner. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And it must be remembered that this poor lady had never met a gentleman in her life until this present moment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The next morning, as she was going downstairs, she was met by her father, who came out of his library with a letter in his hand. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He had met her before breakfast as he was returning from a walk with his little boys, when it had been just beginning to rain. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Now, said she, that this first meeting is over, I feel perfectly easy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I come,' returned the other, meeting his eye, 'from many countries. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I had quite depended upon meeting you there. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She mused upon the meeting a considerable time. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Warren was to move to Parker's store, and Wilson's cavalry--then at Parker's store--to move on to Craig's meeting-house. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If they had only shown signs of meeting my advances halfway how well it might have been done! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It provided by a bill for a meeting of Parliament at least once in three years, whether the King summoned it or no. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The doctor-seeking messenger meets the doctor halfway, coming under convoy of police. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If Fred Bentinck meets a woman of my loose morals in this dress, _il croira que c'est la belle Madeleine! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I can't deny, I said, that the plan you propose meets the difficulty in a way that is very daring, and very ingenious, and very new. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- GENERAL:--Sherman's movements will depend on the amount of opposition he meets with from the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When a ball meets more than one ball, it divides its motion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is well for a Sir Philip Nunnely to redden when he meets her eye. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- People will say bad things if they find out that a lady secretly meets a man who has ill-used another woman. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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