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meet

/ meet /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
Type of:
athletic contest athletic competition athletics
Kinds of:
gymkhana race meeting regatta swimming meet swim meet
Derived:
encounter play take on get together
verb Sense 2
experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"
Type of:
have experience
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
satisfy a condition or restriction
"Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
Type of:
match fit correspond
Kinds of:
coordinate fit the bill fill the bill behoove behove
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
get to know; get acquainted with
"I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"
"we met in Singapore"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
satisfy or fulfill
"meet a need"
"this job doesn''t match my dreams"
Type of:
cope get by make out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 6
get together socially or for a specific purpose
Kinds of:
pick up reunite rendezvous visit call in
Derived:
meeting get together sports meeting attendant attender
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
collect in one place
"We assembled in the church basement"
"Let''s gather in the dining room"
Type of:
interact
Kinds of:
group aggroup congregate hive fort
Derived:
gathering assemblage assembly meeting get together
Verb group:
ran into encounter run across come across see
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 8
come together
"I''ll probably see you at the meeting"
"How nice to see you again!"
Kinds of:
intersect cross
Derived:
encounter coming upon meeting
Verb group:
gather assemble forgather foregather
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 9
meet by design; be present at the arrival of
"Can you meet me at the train station?"
Type of:
gather assemble forgather
Kinds of:
meet up with
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 10
fill or meet a want or need
Type of:
provide supply ply
Kinds of:
answer quell stay appease feed on
Derived:
fulfillment fulfilment fill satisfaction satisfier
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 11
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"
"Charlie likes to play Mary"
Kinds of:
confront face replay
Derived:
playing period period of play play playing brush
Verb group:
play
Entails:
compete vie contend
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 12
undergo or suffer
"meet a violent death"
"suffer a terrible fate"
Type of:
experience undergo see
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 13
be adjacent or come together
"The lines converge at this point"
Opposites:
diverge
Kinds of:
breast
Derived:
convergence converging convergency
Verb group:
touch adjoin contact
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
adjective satellite Sense 14
being precisely fitting and right
"it is only meet that she should be seated first"
Similar:
just
verb Sense 15
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"
Kinds of:
cover spread over cling cleave adhere
Derived:
contact impinging striking junction adjunction
Verb group:
converge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
15
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
112
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

athletic contest athletic competition athletics gymkhana race meeting regatta swimming meet swim meet have experience match fit