Meet in English dictionary

  • meet

    Meanings and definitions of "Meet"

    • To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
    • To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
    • To be introduced to someone.
    • To converge and finally touch or intersect.
    • to gather for a formal discussion.
    • To satisfy; to comply with.
    • To touch or hit something while moving.
    • To adjoin, be physically touching
    • To come together in conflict.
    • (sports) To play a match.
    • (Irish) To French kiss someone
    • To meet face-to-face.
    • A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming.
    • A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting.
    • (rail transport) 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.)
    • A meeting.
    • (algebra) the greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol \and (mnemonic: half an M)
    • (Irish) An act of French kissing someone
    • suitable; right; proper
    • adjective
      Suitable; right; proper.
    • noun
      A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming.
    • noun
      A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting.
    • noun
      (rail transport)
      A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
    • noun
      A meeting.
    • noun
      (algebra)
      The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
    • noun
      (Ireland)
      An act of French kissing someone.
    • verb
      (heading)
      Of individuals: to make personal contact.
    • verb
      (heading)
      Of groups: to gather or oppose.
    • verb
      John Milton (1608-1674)
    • verb
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    • verb
      (sports)
      To play a match.
    • verb
      (heading)
      To make physical or perceptual contact.
    • verb
      To satisfy; to comply with.
    • verb
      To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
    • To satisfy or fulfill (e.g. a job or a need).
    • encounter by accident
    • see through arrangement
    • be introduced to
    • converge and touch
    • comply
    • To collect in one place, usually for a purpose.
    • To come together with someone by accident.
    • meet (by chance)
    • (to) meet (by chance)
    • To get together socially or for a specific purpose at a given place and time.
    • (to) welcome
    • To contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.
    • To satisfy a condition or restriction.
    • adjective
      being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
    • noun
      a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
    • verb
      be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
    • verb
      be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
    • verb
      collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
    • verb
      come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
    • verb
      contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
    • verb
      experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
    • verb
      fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"; "This job doesn't match my dreams"; "meet a need"
    • verb
      get together socially or for a specific purpose
    • verb
      get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
    • verb
      meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
    • verb
      undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

    Synonyms of "Meet" in English dictionary

    fitting, undergo, play are the top synonyms of "Meet" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "Meet" in English dictionary

    diverge is the antonym of "Meet" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Meet

    • past simple - met, past participle - met, gerund - meeting
    • meet ( third-person singular simple present meets, present participle meeting, simple past and past participle met)
    • meet ( comparative meeter, superlative meetest)
    • meet ( plural  meets)
    • meet (comparative meeter, superlative meetest)
    • meet (plural meets)
    • meet (third-person singular simple present meets, present participle meeting, simple past and past participle met)
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