'Meet' definitions:

Definition of 'meet'

From: WordNet
adjective
Being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet]
noun
A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held [syn: meet, sports meeting]
verb
Come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see]
verb
Get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: meet, get together]
verb
Be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" [syn: converge, meet] [ant: diverge]
verb
Fill or meet a want or need [syn: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil]
verb
Satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" [syn: meet, fit, conform to]
verb
Satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" [syn: meet, match, cope with]
verb
Collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather]
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
Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" [syn: meet, encounter, play, take on]
verb
Experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: meet, encounter, receive]
verb
Undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" [syn: suffer, meet]
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" [syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact]

Definition of 'Meet'

From: GCIDE
  • Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m[e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel. maeta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See Moot, v. t.]
  • 1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear. [1913 Webster]
  • His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi. 34. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate. [1913 Webster]
  • Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand. [1913 Webster]
  • To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Meet'

From: GCIDE
  • Meet \Meet\, n. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Meet'

From: GCIDE
  • Meet \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m[aum]ssig moderate, gem[aum]ss fitting. See Mete.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. [1913 Webster]
  • It was meet that we should make merry. --Luke xv. 32. [1913 Webster]
  • To be meet with, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Meet'

From: GCIDE
  • Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv. Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Meet'

From: GCIDE
  • Meet \Meet\, v. t.
  • 1. To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle. [1913 Webster]
  • O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined ! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict. [1913 Webster]
  • Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December. [1913 Webster]
  • They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2. Macc. xiv. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite. [1913 Webster]
  • To meet with. (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of unexpectedness. [1913 Webster]
  • We met with many things worthy of observation. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] (b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss. (d) To encounter; to be subjected to. [1913 Webster]
  • Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. --Rowe. [1913 Webster] (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'meet'

From: Moby Thesaurus