meet

/mi:t/

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Explanation of the Word "Meet"

Basic Definition: The word "meet" can be used as a verb and a noun. As a verb, it means to come into contact with someone or something, to get to know someone, or to gather together in one place. As a noun, it refers to an event where people come together for a specific purpose, such as a sports competition.

Summary Example Sentences:

1. Meeting a person: "I met my cousin for the first time at the family reunion."
2. Sporting event: "The track meet is happening this Saturday." 3.

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Adjective

1. being precisely fitting and right
   • it is only meet that she should be seated first

Noun

1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Verb

1. 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
2. undergo or suffer
   • meet a violent death
   • suffer a terrible fate
3. experience as a reaction
   • My proposal met with much opposition
4. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
   • Princeton plays Yale this weekend
   • Charlie likes to play Mary
5. meet by design; be present at the arrival of
   • Can you meet me at the train station?
6. get to know; get acquainted with
   • I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!
   • we met in Singapore
7. collect in one place
   • We assembled in the church basement
   • Let's gather in the dining room
8. satisfy or fulfill
   • meet a need
   • this job doesn't match my dreams
9. satisfy a condition or restriction
   • Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?
10. fill or meet a want or need
11. be adjacent or come together
    • The lines converge at this point
12. get together socially or for a specific purpose
13. come together
    • I'll probably see you at the meeting
    • How nice to see you again!

Synonyms

• fitting
• sports meeting
• touch
• adjoin
• contact
• suffer
• encounter
• receive
• play
• take on
• gather
• assemble
• forgather
• foregather
• match
• cope with
• fit
• conform to
• satisfy
• fill
• fulfill
• fulfil
• converge
• get together
• run into
• run across
• come across
• see