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meet1
- 1) verb, to come together (with), either by design or by accident; encounter
- 2) verb, to come into or be in conjunction or contact with (something or each other)
- 3) verb, to come to or be at the place of arrival of
- 4) verb, to make the acquaintance of or be introduced to (someone or each other)
- 5) verb, to gather in the company of (someone or each other)
- 6) verb, to come into the presence of (someone or each other) as opponents
- 7) verb, to cope with effectively; satisfy
- 8) verb, to be apparent to (esp in the phrase meet the eye)
- 9) verb, to return or counter
- 10) verb, to agree with (someone or each other)
- 11) verb, to experience; suffer
- 12) verb, to occur together
- 13) verb, to find (a person, situation, etc) in a specified condition
- 14) verb, meet and greet (of a celebrity, politician, etc) to have a session of being introduced to and questioned by members of the public or journalists
- 15) noun, the assembly of hounds, huntsmen, etc, prior to a hunt
- 16) noun, a meeting, esp a sports meeting
- 17) noun, the place where the paths of two railway trains meet or cross
- 18) noun, meet-and-greet a session where a celebrity, etc, is introduced to or questioned by members of the public or journalists
Etymology
Old English mētan; related to Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
meet2
- 1) adjective, proper, fitting, or correct
Etymology
C13: from variant of Old English gemæte; related to Old High German māza suitability, Old Norse mætr valuable
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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perform, connect, encounter, come across, run into, happen on, find, contact, confront, bump into (informal), run across, gather, collect, assemble, rally, muster, convene, congregate, foregather, fulfil, answer, handle, carry out, equal, satisfy, discharge, gratify, experience, face, suffer, bear, go through, encounter, endure, undergo, converge, unite, join, cross, touch, adjoin, intersect, abut