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MEET
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Irregular inflected form: met
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
Synonyms:
meet; sports meeting
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("meet" is a kind of...):
athletic competition; athletic contest; athletics (a contest between athletes)
Meronyms (parts of "meet"):
track and field (participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meet"):
gymkhana (a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes)
race meeting (a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track)
regatta (a meeting for boat races)
swim meet; swimming meet (a swimming competition between two or more teams)
track meet (a track and field competition between two or more teams)
Derivation:
meet (contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle)
meet (get together socially or for a specific purpose)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being precisely fitting and right
Example:
it is only meet that she should be seated first
Synonyms:
fitting; meet
Classified under:
Similar:
just (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they meet ... he / she / it meets
Past simple: met
Past participle: met
-ing form: meeting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Example:
Charlie likes to play Mary
Synonyms:
encounter; meet; play; take on
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
"Meet" entails doing...:
compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
Verb group:
play (participate in games or sport)
play (employ in a game or in a specific position)
play (use or move)
play (shoot or hit in a particular manner)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
confront; face (oppose, as in hostility or a competition)
replay (repeat a game against the same opponent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue meet
Sam cannot meet Sue
Derivation:
meet (a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction
Example:
meet a need
Synonyms:
conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
accommodate; fit; suit (be agreeable or acceptable to)
fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (meet the requirements or expectations of)
fill the bill; fit the bill (be what is needed or be good enough for what is required)
allay; assuage; quench; slake (satisfy (thirst))
feed on; feed upon (be sustained by)
content (satisfy in a limited way)
appease; quell; stay (overcome or allay)
answer (be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Be in direct physical contact with; make contact
Example:
The surfaces contact at this point
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Verb group:
converge; meet (be adjacent or come together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
lean against; lean on; rest on (rest on for support)
border; environ; ring; skirt; surround (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle)
abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)
hug (fit closely or tightly)
attach (be attached; be in contact with)
chafe; fray; fret; rub; scratch (cause friction)
adhere; cleave; cling; cohere; stick (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation)
cover; spread over (form a cover over)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
Our properties meet at this point
His fields meet mine at this point
Sense 4
Meaning:
Meet by design; be present at the arrival of
Example:
Can you meet me at the train station?
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
meet up with (meet with by appointment)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 5
Meaning:
Come together
Example:
How nice to see you again!
Synonyms:
come across; encounter; meet; run across; run into; see
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Verb group:
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
cross; intersect (meet at a point)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
meeting (a casual or unexpected convergence)
meeting (a formally arranged gathering)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Undergo or suffer
Example:
suffer a terrible fate
Synonyms:
meet; suffer
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
experience; go through; see (undergo or live through a difficult experience)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Collect in one place
Example:
Let's gather in the dining room
Synonyms:
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Verb group:
come across; encounter; meet; run across; run into; see (come together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
club (gather and spend time together)
caucus (meet to select a candidate or promote a policy)
turn out (come and gather for a public event)
converge (move or draw together at a certain location)
crowd; crowd together (to gather together in large numbers)
clump; cluster; constellate; flock (come together as in a cluster or flock)
convene (meet formally)
fort; fort up (gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense)
hive (move together in a hive or as if in a hive)
congregate (come together, usually for a purpose)
meet (meet by design; be present at the arrival of)
aggroup; group (form a group or group together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The crowds meet in the streets
Derivation:
meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)
meeting (a small informal social gathering)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Get together socially or for a specific purpose
Synonyms:
get together; meet
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
pick up (meet someone for sexual purposes)
reunite (have a reunion; unite again)
rendezvous (meet at a rendezvous)
call; call in; visit (pay a brief visit)
celebrate; fete (have a celebration)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
meet (a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held)
meeter (a person who is present and participates in a meeting)
meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)
meeting (a small informal social gathering)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Get to know; get acquainted with
Example:
we met in Singapore
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue meet
Sam cannot meet Sue
Sense 10
Meaning:
Be adjacent or come together
Example:
The lines converge at this point
Synonyms:
converge; meet
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
breast (meet at breast level)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 11
Meaning:
Experience as a reaction
Example:
My proposal met with much opposition
Synonyms:
encounter; meet; receive
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
experience; have (undergo)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples:
These measurements will provide information down to where the upper and lower atmospheres meet, giving scientists a full profile of the upper tier.
(Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet, NASA)
Scientists meeting Tuesday in Vienna said if no action is taken, the problem will increase by 65 percent by 2050.
(Experts Warn Prescription, Over-the-Counter Drugs Polluting World's Rivers, VOA)
We have enough vaccines to meet this demand.
(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)
The event description read, We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry.
(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)
An additional 1,327 candidates are more likely than not to be actual planets, but they do not meet the 99 percent threshold and will require additional study.
(Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered, NASA)
To meet part of the plant's demand for electric energy, a photovoltaic micro-plant was built nearby.
(Biomethane rises as alternate source of energy in Brazil, Agência Brasil)
Cancer that forms where the right and left ducts meet is called Klatskin tumor.
(Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Dictionary)
Does not meet the rigorous criteria of a clinical trial.
(Clinical Testing, NCI Thesaurus)
She would have liked to know how he felt as to a meeting.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
A registered nurse who meets the requirements for licensure as an advanced practice nurse.
(Certified Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)
