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meet
adj. gainly, suitable, proper (Old English)
 
n. encounter, place of meeting for a competition
 
v. encounter; come in contact with; assemble; come before; make acquaintance; satisfy; be on schedule; face or deal with someone or something


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Meet
Meet can have a variety of meanings, depending on the context in which it is used.In mathematics, a meet is a greatest lower bound.Competitions amongst teams in various sports (such as fencing or track and field) are termed meets.Meets can refer to summits.Meet and greet refers to public relations.meet (met) adjective, Fitting; proper old English
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meet
Noun
1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
(synonym) sports meeting
(hypernym) athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
(hyponym) gymkhana
(part-meronym) track and field
(derivation) encounter, play, take on
Verb
1. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
(synonym) ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see
(hyponym) intersect, cross
(verb-group) gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(derivation) meeting
2. get together socially or for a specific purpose
(synonym) get together
(hyponym) pick up
(derivation) sports meeting
3. be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
(synonym) converge
(hyponym) breast
(verb-group) touch, adjoin, contact
4. fill or meet a want or need
(synonym) satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(hyponym) answer
5. satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
(synonym) fit, conform to
(hypernym) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
(hyponym) coordinate
6. satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
(synonym) match, cope with
(hypernym) cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
7. get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
8. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
(synonym) gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(hypernym) interact
(hyponym) group, aggroup
(verb-group) ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see
(derivation) meeting, get together
9. meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
(hypernym) gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(hyponym) meet up with
10. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
(synonym) encounter, play, take on
(hyponym) confront, face
(entail) compete, vie, contend
(verb-group) play
(derivation) sports meeting
11. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
(synonym) encounter, receive
(hypernym) have, experience
12. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
(synonym) suffer
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
13. 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"
(synonym) touch, adjoin, contact
(hyponym) cover, spread over
(verb-group) converge
Adjective
1. being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
(synonym) fitting
(similar) just


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meet (de)
n. scratch
 
met
prep. with; by
 
prep. along with
 
meten
v. measure, gauge, scale, size, meter, metre, mete, compute, girt

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Meet
(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 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 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 with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.
  
 
(v. t.)
To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
  
 
(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 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 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 assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.
  
 
(n.)
An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
  
 
(adv.)
Meetly.
  
 
(a.)
Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
  

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