meet
Other forms: met; meeting; meets; meetly
Meet means to interact in some way. You can meet someone at a party, you can meet another team in a game.
There are many ways to meet. You can meet with tragedy, which means to have something awful happen to you. You can meet the needs of others, which means you give them what they need. You can meet expectations on the state exam, which means you do as well as you need to pass. You can meet your friends at the mall. When you see the word meet, there’s usually a connection being made.
Definitions of meet
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come together
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synonyms:
come across, encounter, run across, run into, see
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assemble, foregather, forgather, gather
collect in one place
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assemble, foregather, forgather, gather
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collect in one place
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synonyms:
assemble, foregather, forgather, gather
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come across, encounter, run across, run into, see
come together
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aggroup, group
form a group or group together
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congregate
come together, usually for a purpose
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hive
move together in a hive or as if in a hive
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fort, fort up
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
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convene
meet formally
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clump, cluster, constellate, flock
come together as in a cluster or flock
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crowd, crowd together
to gather together in large numbers
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converge
move or draw together at a certain location
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turn out
come and gather for a public event
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caucus
meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
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club
gather and spend time together
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team, team up
form a team
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embed
attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
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gang, gang up
act as an organized group
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pool
join or form a pool of people
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brigade
form or unite into a brigade
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meet up with
meet with by appointment
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mass
join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
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reconvene
meet or cause to meet again
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sit
be in session
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huddle, huddle together
crowd or draw together
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bunch, bunch together, bunch up
form into a bunch
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overcrowd
crowd together too much
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pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem
move in large numbers
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herd
move together, like a herd
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concentrate
draw together or meet in one common center
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jam, mob, pack, pile, throng
press tightly together or cram
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type of:
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interact
act together or towards others or with others
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come across, encounter, run across, run into, see
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be adjacent or come together
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be in direct physical contact with; make contact
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converge
be adjacent or come together
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cover, spread over
form a cover over
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adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
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chafe, fray, fret, rub, scratch
cause friction
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attach
be attached; be in contact with
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hug
fit closely or tightly
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abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
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border, environ, ring, skirt, surround
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
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lean against, lean on, rest on
rest on for support
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flood
cover with liquid, usually water
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bloody
cover with blood
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mist, mist over
become covered with mist
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glaciate
cover with ice or snow or a glacier
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strew
cover; be dispersed over
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grass, grass over
cover with grass
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mold
fit tightly, follow the contours of
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conglutinate
stick together
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agglutinate
clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
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cake, coat
form a coat over
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drown, overwhelm, submerge
cover completely or make imperceptible
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leech onto
admire boundlessly and follow around
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fringe
decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe
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gird, girdle
put a girdle on or around
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cloister
surround with a cloister
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close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
surround completely
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mantle
cover like a mantle
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hem in
surround in a restrictive manner
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cloak, clothe, drape, robe
cover as if with clothing
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neighbor, neighbour
be located near or adjacent to
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cloister
surround with a cloister, as of a garden
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blanket
form a blanket-like cover (over)
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carpet
form a carpet-like cover (over)
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smother
form an impenetrable cover over
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shroud
form a cover like a shroud
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converge
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get together socially or for a specific purpose
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synonyms:
get together
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pick up
meet someone for sexual purposes
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reunite
have a reunion; unite again
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rendezvous
meet at a rendezvous
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call, call in, visit
pay a brief visit
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celebrate, fete
have a celebration
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see
go to see for professional or business reasons
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see
go to see for a social visit
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come by, drop by, drop in
visit informally and spontaneously
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jubilate
celebrate a jubilee
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jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up
celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
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party
have or participate in a party
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receive
have or give a reception
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meet by design; be present at the arrival of“Can you meet me at the train station?”
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types:
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meet up with
meet with by appointment
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type of:
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assemble, foregather, forgather, gather
collect in one place
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meet up with
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satisfy or fulfill
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satisfy a condition or restriction“Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?”
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synonyms:
conform to, fit
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coordinate
be co-ordinated
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fill the bill, fit the bill
be what is needed or be good enough for what is required
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behoove, behove
be appropriate or necessary
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fulfil, fulfill, live up to, satisfy
meet the requirements or expectations of
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accommodate, fit, suit
be agreeable or acceptable to
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answer, do, serve, suffice
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
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cover
provide for
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fill or meet a want or need
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get to know; get acquainted with“I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!”“we met in Singapore”
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contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
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play
participate in games or sport
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play
employ in a game or in a specific position
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play
use or move
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play
shoot or hit in a particular manner
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confront, face
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
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replay
repeat a game against the same opponent
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breast, front
confront bodily
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take the bull by the horns
face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
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match, oppose, pit, play off
set into opposition or rivalry
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play
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a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
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synonyms:
sports meeting
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gymkhana
a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes
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race meeting
a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track
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regatta
a series of boat races
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swim meet, swimming meet
a swimming competition between two or more teams
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track meet
a track and field competition between two or more teams
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type of:
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athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics
a contest between athletes
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undergo or suffer
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experience as a reaction“My proposal met with much opposition”
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type of:
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experience, have
undergo
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experience, have
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being precisely fitting and right
Pronunciation
US
/mit/
UK
/mit/
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