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Definition of 'meet'

Noun

  1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
       Synonyms: sports meeting

Verb

  1. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
       Synonyms: run into encounter run across come across see
  2. get together socially or for a specific purpose
       Synonyms: get together
  3. be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
       Synonyms: converge
       Antonyms: diverge diverge
  4. fill or meet a want or need
       Synonyms: satisfy fill fulfill fulfil
  5. satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
       Synonyms: fit conform to
  6. satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
       Synonyms: match cope with
  7. get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
  8. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
       Synonyms: gather assemble forgather foregather
  9. meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
  10. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
       Synonyms: encounter play take on
  11. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
       Synonyms: encounter receive
  12. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
       Synonyms: suffer
  13. 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"
       Synonyms: touch adjoin contact

Adjective

  1. being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
       Synonyms: fitting


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