MEET (met)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meet mean? 

• MEET (noun)
  The noun MEET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MEET used as a noun is very rare.

• MEET (adjective)
  The adjective MEET has 1 sense:

1. being precisely fitting and right

  Familiarity information: MEET used as an adjective is very rare.

• MEET (verb)
  The verb MEET has 11 senses:

1. come together

2. get together socially or for a specific purpose

3. be adjacent or come together

4. fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction

5. collect in one place

6. get to know; get acquainted with

7. meet by design; be present at the arrival of

8. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

9. experience as a reaction

10. undergo or suffer

11. be in direct physical contact with; make contact

  Familiarity information: MEET used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

meet; sports meeting

Hypernyms ("meet" is a kind of...):

athletic competition; athletic contest; athletics (a contest between athletes)

Meronyms (parts of "meet"):

track and field (participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meet"):

race meeting (a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track)

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)

gymkhana (a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes)

Derivation:

meet (contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle)

meet (get together socially or for a specific purpose)

• MEET (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being precisely fitting and right

Synonyms:

fitting; meet

Context example:

it is only meet that she should be seated first

Similar:

just (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting)

• MEET (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come together

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

come across; encounter; meet; run across; run into; see

Context example:

How nice to see you again!

Verb group:

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

cross; intersect (meet at a point)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

meeting (a casual or unexpected convergence)

meeting (a formally arranged gathering)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get together socially or for a specific purpose

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

get together; meet

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

pick up (meet someone for sexual purposes)

reunite (have a reunion; unite again)

rendezvous (meet at a rendezvous)

call; call in; visit (pay a brief visit)

celebrate; fete (have a celebration)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

meet (a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held)

meeter (a person who is present and participates in a meeting)

meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)

meeting (a small informal social gathering)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be adjacent or come together

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

converge; meet

Context example:

The lines converge at this point

Verb group:

adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

breast (meet at breast level)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy

Context example:

meet a need

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

content (satisfy in a limited way)

accommodate; fit; suit (be agreeable or acceptable to)

fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (meet the requirements or expectations of)

fill the bill; fit the bill (be what is needed or be good enough for what is required)

allay; assuage; quench; slake (satisfy (thirst))

feed on; feed upon (be sustained by)

appease; quell; stay (overcome or allay)

answer (be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Collect in one place

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet

Context example:

Let's gather in the dining room

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Verb group:

come across; encounter; meet; run across; run into; see (come together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

clump; cluster; constellate; flock (come together as in a cluster or flock)

club (gather and spend time together)

caucus (meet to select a candidate or promote a policy)

turn out (come and gather for a public event)

converge (move or draw together at a certain location)

crowd; crowd together (to gather together in large numbers)

convene (meet formally)

fort; fort up (gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense)

hive (move together in a hive or as if in a hive)

congregate (come together, usually for a purpose)

meet (meet by design; be present at the arrival of)

aggroup; group (form a group or group together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The crowds meet in the streets

Derivation:

meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)

meeting (a small informal social gathering)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Get to know; get acquainted with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

we met in Singapore

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue meet
Sam cannot meet Sue

Sense 7

Meaning:

Meet by design; be present at the arrival of

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

Can you meet me at the train station?

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

meet up with (meet with by appointment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 8

Meaning:

Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

encounter; meet; play; take on

Context example:

Charlie likes to play Mary

"Meet" entails doing...:

compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)

Verb group:

play (employ in a game or in a specific position)

play (use or move)

play (shoot or hit in a particular manner)

play (participate in games or sport)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

confront; face (oppose, as in hostility or a competition)

replay (repeat a game against the same opponent)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue meet
Sam cannot meet Sue

Derivation:

meet (a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Experience as a reaction

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

encounter; meet; receive

Context example:

My proposal met with much opposition

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

experience; have (undergo)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 10

Meaning:

Undergo or suffer

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

meet; suffer

Context example:

suffer a terrible fate

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

experience; go through; see (undergo or live through a difficult experience)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Be in direct physical contact with; make contact

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

adjoin; contact; meet; touch

Context example:

The surfaces contact at this point

Verb group:

converge; meet (be adjacent or come together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

border; environ; ring; skirt; surround (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle)

lean against; lean on; rest on (rest on for support)

abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)

hug (fit closely or tightly)

chafe; fray; fret; rub; scratch (cause friction)

adhere; cleave; cling; cohere; stick (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation)

cover; spread over (form a cover over)

attach (be attached; be in contact with)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

Our properties meet at this point
His fields meet mine at this point

 Context examples 

If you are single, be optimistic, for with your sunny outlook, you could easily meet someone new at a party or other social gathering.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

And, finally, could this be the austere and prim figure which had risen before the meeting at the Zoological Institute?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was in a sad state when she got home, and when the older girls arrived, some time later, an indignation meeting was held at once.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

At the same time her own tears fell thick and fast at the joy of meeting her old friend again, and these tears did not need to be wiped away.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Never did he fail to respond savagely to the chatter of the squirrel he had first met on the blasted pine.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Instead, she leaned toward him to meet him, and in his arms murmured: You know, it is really not for my sake, Martin, but for your own.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I had not got far, when I met one of these creatures full in my way, and coming up directly to me.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Milk and dairy products contain multiple nutrients and contribute to meeting the nutritional requirement for protein, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, selenium, vitamin A, riboflavin, vitamin B12, and pantothenic acid.

(Adequate intake of milk and dairy products in different life stages helps prevent chronic diseases, University of Granada)

Had the emissions met standards, the vehicles would have emitted closer to 8.6 million tons of NOx.

(Diesel Pollutes More Than Lab Tests Detect, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He is going to present them at the international meeting.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)