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meet ¹  (mt)

v. met (mt), 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.

A meeting or contest, especially an athletic competition.

Phrasal Verb:

meet with

1. To experience or undergo.

2. To receive: Our plan met with their approval.

Idioms:

meet (one's) Maker Slang

To die.

meet (someone) halfway

To make a compromise with.

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[Middle English meten, from Old English mtan.]

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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]

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Adjective

Archaic proper, fitting, or correct: meet and proper [Old English gemǣte]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	meet - a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held sports meeting track and field - participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics - a contest between athletes 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!" encounter, run across, come across, run into, see intersect, cross - meet at a point 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 get together 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 call in, visit, call - pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" fete, celebrate - have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
	3.	meet - be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" converge 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 fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, fill 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" appease, quell, stay - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" feed on, feed upon - be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor" quench, slake, allay, assuage - satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
	5.	meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" conform to, fit 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?" behoove, behove - be appropriate or necessary; "It behooves us to reflect on this matter" live up to, satisfy, fulfill, fulfil - meet the requirements or expectations of accommodate, fit, suit - be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
	6.	meet - satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" cope with, match get by, grapple, make do, cope, manage, contend, deal, make out - come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
	7.	meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" foregather, forgather, gather, assemble aggroup, group - form a group or group together 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" fort, fort up - gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense 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" encounter, take on, play 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" encounter, receive experience, have - undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
	12.	meet - undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" suffer 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" adjoin, contact, touch 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" scratch, fray, rub, chafe, fret - cause friction; "my sweater scratches" 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" border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" lean against, lean on, rest on - rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired" converge, meet - be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
Adj.	1.	meet - being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" fitting 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"

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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

verb 3. fulfil, match (up to), answer, perform, handle, carry out, equal, satisfy, cope with, discharge, comply with, come up to, conform to, gratify, measure up to << OPPOSITE fall short of

verb 4. experience, face, suffer, bear, go through, encounter, endure, undergo

verb 5. converge, unite, join, cross, touch, connect, come together, link up, adjoin, intersect, abut << OPPOSITE diverge

Translations

meet [miːt] [pt, pp met] vt → encontrar;

(accidentally) → encontrarse con;

(by arrangement) → reunirse con;

(for the first time) → conocer (= go and fetch); ir a buscar [+ opponent]; enfrentarse con [+ obligations]; cumplir [+ bill, expenses]; pagar, costear

vi → encontrarse;

(in session) → reunirse (= join) [objects] → unirse (= get to know); conocerse

n (BRIT) (HUNTING) → cacería;

(US) (SPORT) → encuentro;

pleased to meet you! → ¡encantado (de conocerle)!, ¡mucho gusto!

meet up vi to meet up with sb → reunirse con algn

meet with vt fus → reunirse con [+ difficulty]; tropezar con

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meet [met , pt , pp ] [miːt, mɛt] vt → rencontrer;

(by arrangement) → retrouver, rejoindre;

(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;

(in session) → se réunir (= join) [lines, roads] → se joindre

n (Brit) (Hunting) → rendez-vous m de chasse;

(US) (Sport) → rencontre f, meeting m;

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;

to meet with success → être couronné(e) de succès

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meet [miːt] [met , pt, pp ] vt (encounter) → treffen;

(by arrangement) → sich treffen mit;

(for the first time) → kennenlernen;

(go and fetch) → abholen;

(opponent) → treffen auf +acc;

(condition, standard) → erfüllen;

(need, expenses) → decken;

(problem) → stoßen auf +acc;

(challenge) → begegnen +dat;

(bill) → begleichen;

(join) (line) → sich schneiden mit: (road etc) → treffen auf +acc

vi (encounter) → sich begegnen;

(by arrangement) → sich treffen;

(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 up meet vi to meet up with sb → sich mit jdm treffen

meet with meet vt fus (difficulty, success) → haben

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meet [pt met, pp ] [miːt, mɛt] vt → incontrare;

(for the first time) → fare la conoscenza di;

(fig) → affrontare; far fronte a; soddisfare; raggiungere

vi → incontrarsi;

(in session) → riunirsi (= join) [objects] → unirsi

n (BRIT ) (HUNTING) → raduno (dei partecipanti alla caccia alla volpe);

(US ) (SPORT) → raduno (sportivo);

I'll meet you at the station → verrò a prenderla alla stazione;

pleased to meet you! → lieto di conoscerla!, piacere!

meet up vi to meet up with sb → incontrare qn

meet with vt fus → incontrare;

he met with an accident → ha avuto un incidente