Meet

Verb

 * 1) To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
 * Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
 * Fancy meeting you here!
 * 1) To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
 * Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.
 * Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?
 * 1) To be introduced to someone.
 * I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.
 * pleased to meet you
 * I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!
 * 1) To converge and finally touch or intersect.
 * The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.
 * 1) to gather for a formal discussion.
 * The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.
 * I met with them several times.
 * 1) To satisfy; to comply with.
 * This proposal meets my requirements.
 * The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.
 * 1) To touch or hit something while moving.
 * The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.
 * 1) To adjoin, be physically touching
 * The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room.
 * The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast.
 * 1) To come together in conflict.
 * 2) * 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
 * And therewythall they spurred their horsys, and mette togydirs so harde that Sir Epynogrys smote downe Sir Dynadan.
 * 1) (sports) To play a match.
 * England and Holland will meet in the final.
 * 1)  To French kiss someone
 * Would you meet her?
 * 1) To meet face-to-face.
 * He went to the café over there, where he met his boss in person.

Derived terms

 * make ends meet
 * meet-and-greet
 * meet-cute


 * meet halfway
 * meet one's doom
 * meet one's maker


 * meet up
 * meet with

Noun

 * 1) A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming.
 * 2) A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting.
 * 3)  A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross. (Antonym: a pass.)
 * 4) A meeting.
 * OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.
 * 1)  the greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol $$\and $$ (mnemonic: half an M)
 * 2)  An act of French kissing someone

Derived terms

 * cornfield meet (train collision)
 * dual meet
 * flying meet


 * meet cute
 * meet-up/meetup
 * swim meet


 * track meet

Adjective

 * 1) suitable; right; proper

Adverbs for Meet
coincidentally;  accidentally;   nocturnally; surreptitiously; forcibly; casually; unwaveringly; tacitly; traditionally; solemnly; memorably; convivially; temperately; fraternally.

Thesaurus
Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics, abide by, abut, accepted, accommodate, accommodate with, accommodated, accord, accost, acknowledged, act up to, adapt, adapt to, adhere, adhere to, adjoin, adjust, adjust to, admitted, advantageous, advisable, affront, agree, agree in opinion, agree with, alight upon, answer, applicable, approach, appropriate, approved, apt, assemble, assemblee, assembly, assignation, assimilate to, at home, attend to, auspicious, avail, balanced, ball, bang, bang into, be equal to, be exposed to, be faithful to, be guided by, be subjected to, bear, beard, becoming, befitting, being done, bell the cat, bend, bite the bullet, bout, brave, brawl, brazen, brazen out, breast, bring before, bring forward, bring up, bump, bump into, bunch, bunch up, call together, cannon, carom, carom into, carousel, carry out, caucus, center, centralize, challenge, chance, chance upon, chime in with, civil, clash, clinch, close, close in, close up, close with, clot, cluster, cohere, coincide, collect, collide, colloquium, come across, come among, come into collision, come together, come up against, come upon, comme il faut, commission, committee, communicate, compete, compete with, competition, comply, comply with, compose, concenter, concentralize, concentrate, conclave, concours, concourse, concur, concuss, conflict, conform, conform to, conformable, confront, confront each other, confront with, congregate, congregation, congress, congruous, connect, contest, convene, convenient, conventicle, convention, conventional, converge, convocation, convoke, cope, copulate, correct, correspond, council, couple, crack up, crash, crash into, cross, crowd, crump, crunch, customary, dance, dare, dash into, date, de rigueur, deal with, decathlon, decent, decorous, defensible, defray, defy, derby, deserved, desirable, diet, discipline, dispose of, ditto, do, do it, do justice to, double-header, doubles, due, echo, eisteddfod, embrace, emulate, encounter, endure, engagement, envisage, equal, equitable, even, evenhanded, event, expedient, experience, face, face the music, face up, face up to, face with, fair, fair and square, fall across, fall among, fall foul of, fall in with, fall upon, favorable, feasible, feel, felicitous, festivity, fete, field day, fight, fill, fill the bill, find, fit, fitten, fitting, flock together, flow together, focus, follow, forgather, forgathering, formal, fortunate, forum, foul, foursome, front, fructuous, fulfill, funnel, fuse, game, games, games of chance, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, gathering, gear to, genteel, get by, get together with, get-together, go, go along with, go around, go by, go through, go with, good, grapple, gratify, greet, grow together, gymkhana, hack it, handle, hang together, happen upon, happy, harmonize, have, heed, herd together, hit, hit against, hive, hold, hold a meeting, hold a session, hold by, hold together, horde, housewarming, huddle, hurt, hurtle, impinge, intercommunicate, intersect, jockey, join, joust, just, just do, justifiable, justified, keep, keep faith with, knit, knock, knock against, know, labor under, lawful, lay before, league, legal, levee, level, light, light upon, likely, link, link up, liquidate, live up to, luck, lucky, make conform, make good, make the grade, mass, match, matching, measure up, meet and right, meet boldly, meet head-on, meet requirements, meet squarely, meet up with, meet with, meeting, merge, merited, mill, mold, muster, narrow the gap, nip, observe, open, opportune, oppose, orthodox, outvie, panel, party, pass, pass muster, pass through, pay, pentathlon, percuss, pinch, pitch upon, place before, play, play-off, plenum, politic, present to, profitable, prom, proper, propitious, providential, put it to, qualify, quorum, race, rally, rally around, reach, received, reception, recognized, recommendable, reconcile, reconciled, rectify, regard, regatta, rencontre, rendezvous, respect, right, right and proper, rightful, ripe, rival, rub off corners, run across, run into, run smack into, run the gauntlet, run together, run up against, run upon, runoff, salute, satisfy, seance, seasonable, see, seemly, seethe, serve, serve the purpose, session, set at defiance, set before, settle, shape, shindig, side with, sideswipe, singles, sit, sit-in, sitting, slam into, smack into, smash, smash into, smash up, soiree, sortable, speak out, speak up, spend, sport, square, stand, stand under, stand up, stand up to, stem, straighten, stream, stretch, strike, strike against, strike in with, stumble, stumble on, suffer, suffice, suit, suitable, summon, surge, sustain, swarm, symposium, synod, take care of, take it, take on, tally with, taper, taste, test, test one another, the Olympics, threesome, throng, tie, tilt, timely, to be desired, touch, tournament, tourney, track meet, traditional, trial, tumble, turnout, tussle, twosome, undergo, unite, urbane, useful, vie, vie with, warrantable, warranted, well-timed, whomp, wise, work, worthwhile, wrestle, yield

Etymology 1
metan:, from, from. Cognate with obsolete Dutch moeten:, Icelandic mæta:, Swedish möta:, Danish møde:.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: meat, mete
 * Homophones: meat, mete
 * Homophones: meat, mete
 * Homophones: meat, mete
 * Homophones: meat, mete

Etymology 2
From gemæte:, from the  (cognate with Dutch meten:, German gemäß: etc.), itself from collective prefix ge-: +

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: meat, mete
 * Homophones: meat, mete
 * Homophones: meat, mete

Verb

 * Afrikaans: ontmoet
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: لاقى, صادف
 * Bosnian: sresti
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 遇見, 遇见,  ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, træffe
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: tu
 * Filipino: magtagpô
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hindi: मिलना
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 遭遇する, 遭う , お目にかかる


 * Korean:
 * Latin: occurro, nanciscor, coeo
 * Lithuanian: sutikti, susitikti
 * Malay: bertemu, terjumpa
 * Persian: دیدار کردن
 * Polish: spotkać
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tachair
 * Spanish:, con
 * Swahili: kukutana
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: కలుసుకొను (kalusukonu)
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: karşılaşmak, rastlamak,  rastlaşmak
 * Urdu: ملنا
 * Vietnamese: gặp
 * Welsh: cwrdd / cwrdd â, cyfarfod / cyfarfod â
 * Yiddish: טרעפן


 * Afrikaans: ontmoet
 * Arabic: التقى, تقابل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: sejít se, setkat se
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Ewe: kpe
 * French: avoir rendez-vous
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 待ち合わせる


 * Latin: occurro, nanciscor, coeo
 * Malay: berjumpa
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:,   ,   ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tachair
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kukutana
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: ఏర్పాటు
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: cwrdd (â), cyfarfod (â)


 * Catalan: conèixer


 * Dutch: ontmoeten, leren kennen


 * Afrikaans:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 匯合, 汇合
 * Czech: setkat se
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Ewe: kpe
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Latin: occurro
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: tachair
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kukutana
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కలుసుకొను (kalusukonu)
 * Turkish: kesişmek
 * Welsh: cwrdd (â)


 * Czech:
 * Danish: opfylde
 * Dutch: overeenstemmen met, beantwoorden aan, vervullen
 * German:, gerechtwerden,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: satisfacio
 * Portuguese:


 * Romanian: a raspunde (la)
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: karşılamak
 * Welsh: cwrdd (â)


 * : renkontrar
 * : görüşmək
 * : kolkömön

Anagrams

 * mete
 * teem

Noun

 * 1) The finish line in a competition

Etymology 1
From

Etymology 2
See meten:.

Anagrams

 * mete