Definition of Meet
Verb: meet (met) meet
- Accidentally be in the same place and interact with (someone)
"How nice to meet you again!";
- run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
- Get together socially or for a specific purpose
- get together
- Be adjacent or come together
"The lines meet at this point";
- converge
- Obtain something that is wanted or needed
- satisfy, fill, fulfill [N. Amer], fulfil [Brit, Cdn]
- Satisfy a condition or restriction
"Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?";
- fit, conform to
- Satisfy or fulfil
"meet a need";
- match, cope with
- (of people) collect in one place
"Let's meet in the dining room";
- gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
- Get to know; get acquainted with
"I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
- See by arrangement; be present at the arrival of
"Can you meet me at the train station?"
- Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton meets Yale this weekend";
- encounter, play, take on
- Experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition";
- encounter, receive
- Undergo or suffer
"meet a violent death";
- suffer
- Be in direct physical contact with; make contact
"The two buildings meet";
- touch, adjoin, contact
- A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- sports meeting
- Being precisely fitting and right
"it is only meet that she should be seated first";
- fitting
See also:
meerschaums
meeter
Anagrams containing the word meet