Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense meets, present participle meeting, past tense, past participle met
1. verb
If you meet someone, you happen to be in the same place as them and start talking to them. You may know the other person, but be surprised to see them, or you may not know them at all.
I have just met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with. [VERB noun]
He's the kindest and sincerest person I've ever met. [VERB noun]
We met by chance. [VERB]
Synonyms: encounter, come across, run into, happen on More Synonyms of meet
Meet up means the same as meet.
When he was in the supermarket, he met up with a buddy he had at Oxford. [VERBPARTICLE + with]
They met up in 1956, when they were both young schoolboys. [VERBPARTICLE]
2. verb
If two or more people meet, they go to the same place, which they have earlier arranged to do, so that theycan talk or do something together.
We could meet for a drink after work. [VERB]
Meet me down at the beach tomorrow, at 6am sharp. [VERB noun]
Meet up means the same as meet.
We tend to meet up for lunch once a week. [VERBPARTICLE]
My intention was to have a holiday and meet up with old friends. [VERBPARTICLE + with]
3. verb
If you meet someone, you are introduced to them and begin talking to them and getting to know them.
Hey, Terry, come and meet my Dad. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: be introduced to, get to know, make the acquaintance of More Synonyms of meet
4. verb
You use meet in expressions such as 'Pleased to meet you' and 'Nice to have met you' when you want to politely say hello or goodbye to someone you have just met for the first time.
[formulae]
'Jennifer,' Miss Mallory said, 'this is Leigh Van-Voreen.'—'Pleased to meet you,'Jennifer said. [VERB noun]
I have to leave. Nice to have met you. [VERB noun]
5. verb
If you meet someone off their train, plane, or bus, you go to the station, airport, or bus stop in order to be there when they arrive.
Mama met me at the station. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Lili and my father met me off the boat. [V n + off]
Kurt's parents weren't able to meet our plane so we took a taxi. [VERB noun]
6. verb
When a group of people such as a committee meet, they gather together for a particular purpose.
Officials from the two countries will meet again soon to resume negotiations. [VERB]
The commission met 14 times between 1988 and 1991. [VERB]
Synonyms: gather, collect, assemble, get together More Synonyms of meet
7. verb
If you meet with someone, you have a meeting with them.
[mainly US]
Most of the lawmakers who met with the president yesterday said they backed the mission. [VERB + with]
8. verb
If something such as a suggestion, proposal, or new book meets with or is met with a particular reaction, it gets that reaction from people.
The idea met with a cool response from various quarters. [VERB + with]
We hope today's offer will meet with your approval too.
Reagan's speech was met with incredulity in the U.S. [VERB noun + with]
9. verb
If something meets a need, requirement, or condition, it is good enough to do what is required.
It is up to parents to decide what form of health care best meets their needs. [VERB noun]
Out of the original 23,000 applications, 16,000 candidates meet the entry requirements. [VERB noun]
10. verb
If you meet something such as a problem or challenge, you deal with it satisfactorily or do what is required.
British manufacturing failed to meet the crisis of the 1970s. [VERB noun]
It is an enormous challenge but we hope to meet it within a year or 18 months. [VERB noun]
They had worked heroically to meet the deadline. [VERB noun]
11. verb
If you meet the cost of something, you provide the money that is needed for it.
The government said it will help meet some of the cost of the damage. [VERB noun]
You need to find the money to meet your monthly repayments. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: pay for, clear, settle, square More Synonyms of meet
12. verb
If you meet a situation, attitude, or problem, you experience it or become aware of it.
I honestly don't know how I will react the next time I meet a potentially dangeroussituation. [VERB noun]
Never had she met such spite and pettiness. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: experience, face, suffer, bear More Synonyms of meet
13. verb
You can say that someone meets with success or failure when they are successful or unsuccessful.
Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure. [VERB + with]
The policy met with little success. [VERBwith noun]
14. verb
When a moving object meets another object, it hits or touches it.
You sense the stresses in the hull each time the keel meets the ground. [VERB noun]
Nick's head bent slowly over hers until their mouths met. [VERB]
15. verb
If your eyes meet someone else's, you both look at each other at the same time.
[written]
Nina's eyes met her sisters' across the table. [VERB noun]
I found myself smiling back instinctively when our eyes met. [VERB]
16. verb
If two areas meet, especially two areas of land or sea, they are next to one another.
It is one of the rare places in the world where the desert meets the sea. [VERB noun]
...the southernmost point of South America where the Pacific and Atlantic oceansmeet. [VERB]
17. verb
The place where two lines meet is the place where they join together.
Parallel lines will never meet no matter how far extended. [VERB]
The track widened as it met the road. [VERB noun]
18. verb
If two sportsmen, teams, or armies meet, they compete or fight against one another.
The two women will meet tomorrow in the final. [VERB]
The unevenly matched armies met at Guilford on 15 March 1781. [plural-noun VERB]
...when England last met the Aussies in a cricket Test match. [VERB noun]
19. countable noun
A meet is an event in which athletes come to a particular place in order to take part in a race or races.
I was competing at a meet in the National Stadium, Kingston.
20. countable noun
A meet is when riders and dogs gather somewhere before they set off on a fox hunt.
[British]
21.
See meet sb's eyes/gaze
22.
See meet one's death/meet one's end
23. to make ends meet
24. there's more to this than meets the eye
25. to meet someone's eyes
26. to meet someone halfway
27. to meet your match
Phrasal verbs:
See meet up
More Synonyms of meet
meet in British English1
(miːt)
verbWord forms: meets, meeting or met
1. (sometimes foll byup or(US) with)
to come together (with), either by design or by accident; encounter
I met him unexpectedly
we met at the station
2.
to come into or be in conjunction or contact with (something or each other)
the roads meet in the town
the sea meets the sky
3. (transitive)
to come to or be at the place of arrival of
to meet a train
4.
to make the acquaintance of or be introduced to (someone or each other)
have you two met?
5.
to gather in the company of (someone or each other)
the board of directors meets on Tuesday
6.
to come into the presence of (someone or each other) as opponents
Vasquez will meet Volkova to decide the title
7. (transitive)
to cope with effectively; satisfy
to meet someone's demands
8. (transitive)
to be apparent to (esp in the phrase meet the eye)
9. (transitive)
to return or counter
to meet a blow with another
10.
to agree with (someone or each other)
we met him on the price he suggested
11. (transitive; sometimes foll bywith)
to experience; suffer
she met her death in a road accident
12.
to occur together
courage and kindliness met in her
13. (transitive) Caribbean
to find (a person, situation, etc) in a specified condition
I met the door open
14. meet and greet
noun
15.
the assembly of hounds, huntsmen, etc, prior to a hunt
16.
a meeting, esp a sports meeting
17. US
the place where the paths of two railway trains meet or cross
18. meet-and-greet
Derived forms
meeter (ˈmeeter)
noun
Word origin
Old English mētan; related to Old Norse mœta, Old Saxon mōtian
meet in British English2
(miːt)
adjective
archaic
proper, fitting, or correct
Derived forms
meetly (ˈmeetly)
adverb
Word origin
C13: from variant of Old English gemǣte; related to Old High German māza suitability, Old Norse mǣtr valuable
meet in American English1
(mit)
verb transitiveWord forms: met or ˈmeeting
1.
to come upon or encounter; esp., to come face to face with or up to (a person orthing moving from a different direction)
2.
to be present at the arrival of
to meet a bus
3.
to come into contact, connection, or conjunction with
the ball met the bat
4.
a.
to come into the presence or company of
b.
to be introduced to; get acquainted with
c.
to keep an appointment or engagement with
5.
a.
to encounter in or as in battle; contend with
b.
to deal with; face
to meet angry words with a laugh
c.
to refute or deal with effectively
to meet an objection
6.
to experience
to meet disaster
7.
to come within the perception of (the eye, ear, etc.)
8.
a.
to comply with; satisfy (a demand, etc.)
b.
to pay (a bill, etc.)
verb intransitive
9.
to come together, as from different directions
10.
to come into contact, connection, or conjunction
11.
to become acquainted; be introduced
12.
to be opposed in or as in battle; contend
13.
to be united
14.
a.
to assemble
b.
to come together for discussion, bargaining, etc. (with)
noun
15.
a meeting, gathering, or assembling, as for a sporting event
a track meet
16.
the people who so meet or the place of meeting
Idioms:
meet with
Word origin
ME meten < OE metan < base of mot, a coming together, meeting: see moot
meet in American English2
(mit)
adjective
Rare
suitable; proper; fit
Derived forms
meetly (ˈmeetly)
adverb
Word origin
ME mete < OE (ge)mæte, fitting, akin to Ger gemäss, commensurable < IE base *med-: see medical
More idioms containing
meet
meet someone halfway
meet someone in the flesh
meet someone's eyes
make ends meet
never the twain shall meet
meet your Waterloo
meet your match
Examples of 'meet' in a sentence
meet
Not madly splurging it to meet a set target.
The Sun (2016)
You meet where people exercise in groups.
The Sun (2016)
She was emotional the first time she met me.
The Sun (2016)
You meet an ambitious person who is loving and supportive.
The Sun (2016)
It can soon become apparent that the individual is having difficulty meeting the expectations set out in the new position.
The Sun (2016)
According to those close to him, he is determined to find ways to meet it.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
A poor cross was met with laughter.
The Sun (2016)
The company said that it was on track to meet a full-year underlying profit of 232 million.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He says:'The reality is that an increasing number of people have to rely on their families to meet part or all of their care costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
People who meet her all love her.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
When he finally left teaching he met one in the street.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We were together for two years and it only ended when she met another guy.
The Sun (2008)
The broker has more trouble finding yachts to meet demand than clients to charter them.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The pair met just over two years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Today he will meet representatives of the insurance industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We must wait until we all meet on the track in the summer.
The Sun (2012)
We had arranged to meet at the bus stop next to her house.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There are qualifications to be met as part of it.
Christianity Today (2000)
Nor is it known how they met or how they found out that they are twins.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That is enough to meet global demand for a day and a half.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The appointment was met with approval by the clubs and players.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The programme has been met with mixed reactions.
The Sun (2011)
Managers were so keen to meet performance targets that they failed to check whether inspections were being carried out properly.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This was met with incredulity.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I last met him by accident in Derbyshire where he had opened his beloved bookshop.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's especially important to know what needs have been met by the illness and to set goals that meet those needs in place of the illness.
Siegel, Bernie S. (MD) Love, Medicine and Miracles (1990)
In other languages
meet
British English: meet /miːt/ VERB
person If you meet someone, you happen to be in the same place as them and start talking to them. You may know the other person, but be surprised to see them, or you may not know them at all.
I met my uncle in town today.
American English: meet
Arabic: يُقَابِلُ
Brazilian Portuguese: encontrar
Chinese: 遇见
Croatian: susresti
Czech: seznámit se
Danish: møde
Dutch: ontmoeten
European Spanish: conocer
Finnish: tavata
French: rencontrer
German: treffen
Greek: συναντώ
Italian: incontrare
Japanese: ～に会う
Korean: ...와 만나다
Norwegian: møte
Polish: spotkać
European Portuguese: encontrar
Romanian: a întâlni
Russian: встречать
Latin American Spanish: conocer
Swedish: träffa
Thai: พบ
Turkish: karşılamak
Ukrainian: зустрічати(ся)
Vietnamese: gặp
British English: meet /miːt/ VERB
people If people meet, they happen to be in the same place and start talking to each other. They may know each other, but be surprised to see each other, or they may not know each other at all.
We met by chance.
American English: meet
Arabic: يَجتَمِعُ
Brazilian Portuguese: encontrar
Chinese: 相遇
Croatian: naći se
Czech: setkat se
Danish: mødes
Dutch: elkaar ontmoeten
European Spanish: encontrarse
Finnish: kohdata
French: se rencontrer
German: zusammenkommen
Greek: συναντώ
Italian: incontrarsi
Japanese: 会う
Korean: 만나다
Norwegian: møte
Polish: spotkać się
European Portuguese: reunir-se
Romanian: a se întâlni
Russian: встречаться
Latin American Spanish: encontrarse
Swedish: träffas
Thai: พบโดยบังเอิญ
Turkish: karşılaşmak
Ukrainian: бачитися
Vietnamese: họp
Chinese translation of 'meet'
meet
(miːt)
Word forms:ptppmet
vt
[friend] (accidentally) 遇见(見) (yùjiàn)
⇒ I met Dave this morning while I was out shopping.我今天早晨出去购物的时候遇见了戴夫。 (Wǒ jīntiān zǎochén chūqù gòuwù de shíhou yùjiàn le Dàifū.)
(by arrangement) 和 ... 见(見)面 (hé ... jiànmiàn)
⇒ I could meet you for a drink after work.我可以下班后和你见面去喝一杯。 (Wǒ kěyǐ xiàbān hòu hé nǐ jiànmiàn qù hē yī bēi.)
[stranger] (for the first time) 结(結)识(識) (jiéshí)
⇒ I met a Swedish girl on the train from Copenhagen.我在从哥本哈根开出的火车上结识了一位瑞典女孩。 (Wǒ zài cóng Gēběnhāgēn kāichū de huǒchē shang jiēshí le yī wèi Ruìdiǎn nǚhái.)
(= be introduced to) 认(認)识(識) (rènshi)
⇒ Hey, Terry, come and meet my Dad.嗨，特里，来介绍你认识我爸爸。 (Hāi, Tèlǐ, lái jièshào nǐ rènshi wǒ bàba.)
(= go and fetch) (at station, airport) 接 (jiē)
⇒ Dan came to the airport to meet me.丹来机场接我。 (Dān lái jīchǎng jiē wǒ.)
[opponent]对(對)抗 (duìkàng)
⇒ Arsenal meet Liverpool in the next round of the Cup.在足总杯下一轮的比赛中，阿森纳队将和利物浦队对抗。 (Zài zúzǒngbēi xià yī lún de bǐsài zhōng, Āsēnnà duì jiāng hé Lìwùpǔ duì duìkàng.)
(= satisfy)[need, condition]达(達)到 (dádào)
⇒ Certain standards must be met by all applicants.所有的申请者都必须达到这些标准。 (Suǒyǒu de shēnqǐngzhě dōu bìxū dádào zhèxiē biāozhǔn.)