meet 1 (m t)v. met (m  t), meet·ing, meets v.tr. 1. To come upon by chance or arrangement. 2. To be present at the arrival of: met the train. 3. To be introduced to. 4. To come into conjunction with; join: where the sea meets the sky. 5. To come into the company or presence of, as for a conference. 6. To come to the notice of (the senses): There is more here than meets the eye. 7. To experience; undergo: met his fate with courage. 8. To deal with; oppose: "We have met the enemy and they are ours" (Oliver Hazard Perry). 9. To cope or contend effectively with: meet each problem as it arises. 10. To come into conformity with the views, wishes, or opinions of: The firm has done its best to meet us on that point. 11. To satisfy (a need, for example); fulfill: meet all the conditions in the contract. See Synonyms at satisfy. 12. To pay; settle: enough money to meet expenses. v.intr. 1. To come together: Let's meet tonight. 2. To come into conjunction; be joined: "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet" (Rudyard Kipling). 3. To come together as opponents; contend. 4. To become introduced. 5. To assemble. 6. To occur together, especially in one person or entity. n. Phrasal Verb: A meeting or contest, especially an athletic competition. meet with Idioms: 1. To experience or undergo. 2. To receive: Our plan met with their approval. meet (one's) Maker Slang To die. meet (someone) halfway To make a compromise with. [Middle English meten, from Old English m tan.] |
| meet 2 (mt) adj. Fitting; proper: "It seems not meet, nor wholesome to my place" (Shakespeare). [Middle English mete, from Old English gem  te; see med- in Indo-European roots.]meet  ly adv. |
meet 1
Verb
[meeting, met]
1. to be in or come to the same place at the same time as, either by arrangement or by accident: I met him in town
2. to come into contact with something or each other: his head met the ground with a crack, the town where the Rhine and the Moselle meet
3. to come to or be at the place of arrival of: he met his train at noon
4. to make the acquaintance of or be introduced to someone or each other
5. (of people) to gather together for a purpose: the board meets once a week
6. to compete, play, or fight against
7. to cope with effectively; satisfy: they were unable to meet his demands
8. to pay for (something): it is difficult to meet the cost of medical insurance
9. Also: (meet with) to experience or suffer: he met his death at the Somme
10. more to this than meets the eye there is more involved in this than appears
Noun
1. a sports meeting
2. Chiefly Brit the assembly of hounds and huntsmen prior to a hunt [Old English mētan]
meet 2
Adjective
Archaic proper, fitting, or correct: meet and proper [Old English gemǣte]
Meet the persons or group of men or women who gather for a fox hunt or other sporting event.
Examples: a meet of cyclists; of huntsmen.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  meet - a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are heldtrack and field - participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it gymkhana - a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes race meeting - a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track; "the Epsom race meeting was an important social event" regatta - a meeting for boat races swim meet, swimming meet - a swimming competition between two or more teams track meet - a track and field competition between two or more teams |
| Verb | 1. | meet - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" |
| 2. | meet - get together socially or for a specific purpose pick up - meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars" reunite - have a reunion; unite again rendezvous - meet at a rendezvous | |
| 3. | meet - be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" adjoin, contact, touch, meet - 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" breast - meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape" | |
| 4. | meet - fill or meet a want or need cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" answer - be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; "This may answer her needs" | |
| 5. | meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" fill the bill, fit the bill - be what is needed or be good enough for what is required; "Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?" | |
| 6. | meet - satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" | |
| 7. | meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" meet - meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?" encounter, meet, run across, come across, run into, see - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" congregate - come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve" hive - move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving" convene - meet formally; "The council convened last week" cluster, constellate, flock, clump - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" converge - move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star" interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" turn out - come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York" caucus - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy club - gather and spend time together; "They always club together" | |
| 8. | meet - get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore" | |
| 9. | meet - meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?" meet up with - meet with by appointment; "She met up with her former lover" foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" | |
| 10. | meet - contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" confront, face - oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" play - employ in a game or in a specific position; "They played him on first base" play - use or move; "I had to play my queen" play - shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night" replay - repeat a game against the same opponent; "Princeton replayed Harvard" | |
| 11. | meet - experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" experience, have - undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up" | |
| 12. | meet - undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" experience, go through, see - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" | |
| 13. |  meet - 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"spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave" cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" attach - be attached; be in contact with hug - fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips" butt, butt against, butt on, abut, adjoin, edge, border, march - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" | |
| Adj. | 1. | meet - being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" |
meet
verb 1. encounter, come across, run into, happen on, find, contact, confront, bump into (informal) run across, chance on, come face to face with << OPPOSITE avoid
verb 2. gather, collect, assemble, get together, rally, come together, muster, convene, congregate, foregather << OPPOSITE disperse
Translations
meet [miːt] [pt, pp met] vt → encontrar;
(accidentally) → encontrarse con;
(for the first time) → conocer (= go and fetch); ir a buscar [+ opponent]; enfrentarse con [+ obligations]; cumplir [+ bill, expenses]; pagar, costear
vi → encontrarse;
n (BRIT) (HUNTING) → cacería;
(US) (SPORT) → encuentro;
meet [met , pt , pp ] [miːt, mɛt] vt → rencontrer;
(for the first time) → faire la connaissance de (= go and fetch);
I'll meet you at the station → j'irai te chercher à la gare [+ opponent, danger, problem]; faire face à [+ requirements]; satisfaire à, répondre à [+ bill, expenses]; régler, honorer vi [friends] → se rencontrer; se retrouver;
pleased to meet you! → enchanté!;
nice meeting you → ravi d'avoir fait votre connaissance
meet up vi to meet up with sb → rencontrer qn
meet with vt fus [+ difficulty] → rencontrer;
meet [miːt] [met , pt, pp ] vt (encounter) → treffen;
(for the first time) → kennenlernen;
(go and fetch) → abholen;
(condition, standard) → erfüllen;
(need, expenses) → decken;
(bill) → begleichen;
(for the first time) → sich kennenlernen;
(for talks etc) → zusammenkommen;
(committee) → tagen;
(join) (lines) → sich schneiden: (roads etc) → aufeinandertreffen
n (Brit) (Hunting) → Jagd f;
(US) (Sport) → Sportfest nt;
pleased to meet you! → (sehr) angenehm!
meet with meet vt fus (difficulty, success) → haben
meet [pt met, pp ] [miːt, mɛt] vt → incontrare;
(for the first time) → fare la conoscenza di;
vi → incontrarsi;
n (BRIT ) (HUNTING) → raduno (dei partecipanti alla caccia alla volpe);
(US ) (SPORT) → raduno (sportivo);
meet up vi to meet up with sb → incontrare qn
meet with vt fus → incontrare;
v meet [miːt]
1 to come face to face with (eg a person whom one knows), by chance She met a man on the train. ontmoet يُقابِل، يَلْتَقي срещам potkat møde; træffe; støde på treffen συναντώ encontrar, encontrarse con kohtuma دیدار کردن tavata (se) rencontrer לְהִיפָּגֵש, לִפגוֹש मिलना sresti, sastati találkozik vkivel bertemu mæta incontrare 出会う 만나다, 마주치다 su(si)tikti satikt bertemu ontmoeten møte, treffe, ta imot spotykać encontrar a (se) întâlni встречать(ся) stretnúť srečati sresti möta, träffa พบโดยบังเอิญ karşılaşmak, rastlamak 遇見 зустрічати(ся) اتفاقا آمنے سامنے ہونا gặp gỡ 遇见
2 (sometimes, especially American, withwith) to come together with (a person etc), by arrangement The committee meets every Monday. vergader, ontmoet يَجْتَمِع срещам се sejít se mødes zusammenkommen συνέρχομαι (για συνεδρίαση) enocontar, reunirse con, citarse, quedar kogunema جلسه داشتن kokoontua se rejoindre לְהִיפָּגֵש से भेंट करना sastajati se összeül mengadakan pertemuan hittast, koma saman riunirsi 会合する (모임이) 열리다, (모임을) 갖다 susirinkti, sueiti sanākt, sapulcēties mengadakan pertemuan bij elkaar komen møtes, treffes, (for)samles spotykać się reunir-se a se reuni собираться zísť sa sestati se sastajati se mötas, träffas, ses, sammanträda จัดให้พบกัน toplanmak 開會 збиратися; сходитися ملاقات کرنا họp 开会
3 to be introduced to (someone) for the first time Come and meet my wife. ontmoet يَتَعَرَّف ، يَلْتَقي للمرَّةِ الأولى срещам за първи път seznámit se (s) møde; blive præsenteret for kennenlernen γνωρίζω, συστήνομαι conocer tuttavaks saama معرفی شدن به tutustua faire la connaissance de לְהַכִּיר सामना करना upoznati megismerkedik vkivel menemui kynnast, vera kynntur fyrir fare la conoscenza di 知り合いになる 상면하다 susipažinti su iepazīties memperkenalkan kennismaken bli presentert (for) poznać conhecer a face cunoştinţă cu знакомиться zoznámiť sa (s) spoznati upoznati träffa รู้จักเป็นครั้งแรก tanıştırılmak 被介紹 знайомитися پہلی بار تعارف ہونا giới thiệu 迎接
4 to join Where do the two roads meet? ontmoet, bymekaarkom يَلْتَقي، يَتَّصِل присъединявам се setkat se mødes sich schneiden συναντιέμαι, ενώνομαι με unirse kokku saama تقاطع yhtyä se rencontrer לְהִיפָּגֵש पूरा कर पाना sjediniti egyesül bertemu mætast, skerast incontrarsi 合する 합류하다, 교차하다 sueiti saiet kopā bertemu elkaar ontmoeten møtes, løpe/flyte sammen łączyć/schodzić się juntar-se a se întâlni, a se încrucişa сходиться stretnúť sa združiti se spajati se mötas บรรจบกับ birleşmek 接合 сходитися ملنا giao nhau 接合
5 to be equal to or satisfy (eg a person's needs, requirements etc) Will there be sufficient stocks to meet the public demand? gelyk is aan يُلَبِّي достатъчен съм uspokojit, splnit møde; tilfredsstille gerecht werden ικανοποιώ, ανταποκρίνομαι σε, καλύπτω satisfacer rahuldama مناسب tyydyttää satisfaire à לַעֲנוֹת עַל- पूरा करना(मांग), काफ़ी होना udovoljiti eleget tesz (vminek) memenuhi uppfylla soddisfare 満たす 부응하다, 만족시키다 patenkinti apmierināt memenuhi voldoen aan tilfredsstille pokrywać responder a satisface, a corespunde соответствовать; удовлетворять uspokojiť zadostiti zadovoljiti möta, tillmötesgå เหมาะสม karşılamak 滿足 задовольняти پورا کرنا، زير غور لانا đáp ứng 满足
6 to come into the view, experience or presence of A terrible sight met him / his eyes when he opened the door. begroet يَظْهَرُ ، يقابِل достигам до някой zasáhnout møde (ins Auge) fallen, treffen auf εμφανίζομαι encontrar avanema مواجه شدن kohdata frapper לְהִיתָקֵל ב- भेंट होना, सामना करना, आमने-सामने आना naići szeme elé tárul tampak slá; vekja athygli/undrun/hrylling incontrare ふれる 보이다, 들리다 atsiverti pavērties (skatam u.tml.) nampak zich voordoen aan slå imot, møte ukazywać/przedstawiać się vir ao encontro a apărea натолкнуть(ся) zasiahnuť naleteti videti möta เข้ามาในสายตา görünmek, göze çarpmak 與...接觸，出現在...眼前 переживати نظر آنا hiện ra 与...接触
7 to come to or be faced with He met his death in a car accident. teëgekom يَلْقى срещам смъртта си nalézt møde finden, gegenübertreten βρίσκω, αντιμετωπίζω encontrar kohtama مواجه شدن kohdata faire face à לִמצוֹא मुठभेड़ हो जाना susresti (halálát) leli menemui verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta incontrare 出会う 직면하다 susidurti su, patirti, rasti saskarties; uzdurties; sadurties menemui vinden møte znaleźć encontrar a înfrunta встретить, найти nájsť soočiti se suočiti se möta เจอกับ başına gelmek, uğramak 碰上 зустріти سامنا کرنا đối mặt 碰上
8 (withwith) to experience or suffer; to receive a particular response She met with an accident; The scheme met with their approval. weggedra يُلاقي، يَصْطَدِم преживявам mít, setkat se (s) blive udsat for; blive modtaget erleiden, stoßen auf βρίσκω, υφίσταμαι, αντιμετωπίζω sufrir; recibir sattuma, saama تصادف کردن kärsiä, joutua avoir, recevoir לְהִיפָּגֵש doživjeti (baleset) éri; (jóváhagyásra stb.) talál mengalami, mendapatkan sambutan verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta avere; ricevere 経験する 겪다, 경험하다 patirti, susilaukti pārciest; sadurties mengalami ondervinden, krijgen oppleve, bli utsatt for; vinne bifall spotkać się ter a avea, a primi испытать; получить mať; stretnúť sa (s) doživeti iskusiti råka ut för, vinna รับมือ başa gelmek, uğramak, karşılaşmak 遭受 натрапляти منظوری وغیرہ حاصل کرنا cam chịu 遭受
9 to answer or oppose We will meet force with greater force. beantwoord يُواجِه، يَرُدُّ عَلى отговарям oplatit, reagovat (na) besvare erwidern αντιμετωπίζω responder (a) vastama برخورد کردن vastata répondre à לְהִתמוֹדֵד सामना करना pretrpjeti (erőszakra erőszakkal) válaszol menghadapi svara rispondere a 対抗する 대응하다 reaguoti į, pasipriešinti atbildēt; dot pretsparu menghadapi beantwoorden besvare, møte odpowiadać na responder a răspunde (cu); a opune отвечать reagovať (na) zoperstaviti se suprotstaviti se möta สนอง cevap vermek 與...對抗 зустрічати مقابلہ کرنا tiếp nhận 与...对抗
n
a gathering, especially of sportsmen The local huntsmen are holding a meet this week. vergadering تَجَمُّع събиране shromáždění stævne; samling die Jagdgesellschaft συνάντηση (συν. αθλητική) encuentro kokkutulek جلسه kokoontuminen réunion אֲסֵיפָה, יְשִיבָה मिलना, भेंट होना, (आए हुए का) स्वागत करना sastanak találkozó pertemuan mót riunione 競技会 운동 경기, 대회 sueiga sanāksme; sacensība perjumpaan samenkomst samling, stevne mityng encontro reuniune сбор zhromaždenie sestanek sastanak möte, samling, tävling ชุมนุม toplanma 集會 зустріч مجلس cuộc thi đấu 集会
n meeting
1 an act of meeting The meeting between my mother and my husband was not friendly. vergadering لِقاء среща setkání møde die Begegnung συνάντηση encuentro kohtumine ملاقات tapaaminen rencontre פְּגִישָׁה बैठक susret találkozás pertemuan fundur incontro 出会い 만남 susitikimas tikšanās pertemuan ontmoeting møte, gjensyn spotkanie encontro întâlnire встреча stretnutie srečanje sastanak möte การพบกัน karşılaşma 聚會 зустріч ملاقات کا عمل sự gặp nhau 聚会
2 a gathering of people for discussion or another purpose to attend a committee meeting. vergadering إجْتِماع събрание schůze møde; forsamling die Versammlung συγκέντρωση, συνεδρίαση, συνέλευση reunión koosolek مجمع kokous réunion אֲסֵיפָה, יְשִיבָה मिलन sastanak összejövetel, értekezlet rapat fundur riunione 会合 모임, 회의 susirinkimas, posėdis sanāksme; sēde mesyuarat vergadering møte, sammenkomst, forsamling zebranie reunião reuniune, întâlnire собрание schôdza zbor sastanak sammanträde การประชุม toplantı 會議 збори; засідання اجلاس، اجتماع cuộc họp 会议
meet (someone) halfway
to respond to (someone) by making an equal effort or a compromise I'll invest $5,000 in this idea if you meet me halfway and do the same. halfpad tegemoetkom يَتَّفِقان على حلٍ وَسَط، يَلْتَقيان في مُنْتَصَف الطَّريق отговарям vyjít vstříc na půl cesty møde på halvvejen auf halbem Weg entgegenkommen συμβιβάζομαι, μοιράζω τη διαφορά llegar a un acuerdo (kellelegi) vastu tulema نصفه کاره tulla puolitiehen vastaan faire la moitié du chemin “לְהִיפָּגֵש בַחֲצִי הַדֶרֶך” na pola puta enged(ményeket tesz) berbuat sama mætast á miðri leið, koma til móts við e-n venire incontro a 妥協する 타협하다 padaryti tą patį, atsakyti tuo pačiu izrādīt pretimnākšanu berbuat sama tegemoet komen på halvveien møte, inngå kompromiss pójść na kompromis ir ao encontro de a face un efort egal пойти навстречу (кому-л.) vyjsť v ústrety na pol cesty soudeležiti se (polovično) naći se na pola puta möta ngn på halva vägen พบกันครึ่งทาง (ของการเดินทาง) karşılıklı fedakârlık yapmak; anlaşmak 迎合(某人) іти на компроміс سمجھوتا، مصالحت کرنا thỏa hiệp 迎合（某人）
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