Definitions for meet
meet
meet
Spelling: [meet]
IPA: /mit/
Meet is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.
You can make 23 anagrams from letters in meet (eemt).
Definitions for meet
noun
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an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
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those assembled.
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the place of such an assembling.
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Mathematics. intersection (def 3a).
Idioms
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meet cute. cute (def 6).
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meet halfway,
to concede in part, as to the demands of an opposing faction; make concessions, as to another person; compromise:
to anticipate another's actions and conduct oneself accordingly.
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well met, Archaic. welcome.
adjective
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suitable; fitting; proper.
Verb phrases
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meet with,
to come across; encounter:
to experience; undergo; receive:
to join, as for conference or instruction:
verb (used with object)
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to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter:
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to become acquainted with; be introduced to:
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to join at an agreed or designated place or time:
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to be present at the arrival of:
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to come to or before (one's notice, or a means of noticing, as the eyes or ears):
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to come into the company of (a person, group, etc.) in dealings, conference, etc.
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to face, eye, etc., directly or without avoidance.
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to come into physical contact, juxtaposition, or collision with:
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to encounter in opposition, conflict, or contest:
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to oppose:
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to cope or deal effectively with (an objection, difficulty, etc.).
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to comply with; fulfill; satisfy:
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to pay in full:
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to come into conformity with (wishes, expectations, views, etc.).
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to encounter in experience:
verb (used without object)
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to come together, face to face, or into company:
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to assemble for action, conference, or other common purpose, as a committee, legislature, or class:
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to become personally acquainted.
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to come into contact or form a junction, as lines, planes, or areas:
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to be conjoined or united.
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to concur or agree.
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to come together in opposition or conflict, as adversaries or hostile forces.
Origin of meet
before 900; Middle English meten, Old English gemētan; cognate with Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian. See moot1
Examples for meet
On Tuesday, President Obama will meet with Enrique Peña Nieto, the President of Mexico.
That reminds me; they're friends of ours, too, and I must have you meet them.
But the current pontiff, for reasons one might fully understand, declined to meet the would-be papal assassin.
She was gonna be in New York and wanted to hang around for New Years and hopefully be able to stay long enough to meet our baby.
I should like to meet him face to face, and charge him with his treachery.
May Heaven bless you, and permit us to meet again in another world, if not in this!
He was far from expecting to meet him on shipboard bound to India.
When we meet them, their lives are unfulfilled, and at no point are we convinced their condition will change.
No, Bines; they'll be here presently, and you can meet them, anyway.
I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.