meet
verb /miːt/
/miːt/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they meet | /miːt/ /miːt/ |
| he / she / it meets | /miːts/ /miːts/ |
| past simple met | /met/ /met/ |
| past participle met | /met/ /met/ |
| -ing form meeting | /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to be in the same place as somebody by chance and talk to them
- Maybe we'll meet again some time.
- meet somebody Did you meet anyone in town?
- I've never met anyone like her.
- A year or so later I happened to meet him again.
- I hope we'll meet again soon.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- first
- regularly
- once
- …
- arrange to
- chance to
- happen to
- …
- at
- for
- with
- …
- look forward to meeting somebody
- nice to meet you
- pleased to meet you
- …
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to come together formally in order to discuss something
- The committee meets on Fridays.
- meet somebody The Prime Minister met other European leaders for talks.
- meet with somebody The President met with senior White House aides.
- The evening gave collectors the opportunity to meet with leading art dealers.
- meet to do something They met to discuss the project while both were in Paris.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- first
- regularly
- once
- …
- arrange to
- chance to
- happen to
- …
- at
- for
- with
- …
- look forward to meeting somebody
- nice to meet you
- pleased to meet you
- …
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to come together socially after you have arranged it
- The town needs a space where young people can meet.
- meet for something Let's meet for a drink after work.
- meet somebody We're meeting them outside the theatre at 7.
- meet somebody for something I met a friend for a walk round the lake.
Extra Examples- The three sisters rarely meet in person, but spend hours on the phone.
- We met the next day at a local bar.
- I arranged to meet her for lunch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- first
- regularly
- once
- …
- arrange to
- chance to
- happen to
- …
- at
- for
- with
- …
- look forward to meeting somebody
- nice to meet you
- pleased to meet you
- …
- [transitive] to go to a place and wait there for a particular person or thing to arrive
- meet somebody/something Will you meet me at the airport?
- The hotel bus meets all incoming flights.
- meet somebody off something I met him off the train.
Homophones meat | meetmeat meet/miːt//miːt/- meat noun
- I won't have any meat, thank you—I'm a vegetarian.
- meet verb
- I'll meet you at the station when your train gets in.
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to see and know somebody for the first time; to be introduced to somebody
- I don't think we've met.
- meet somebody Where did you first meet your husband?
- (especially British English) Pleased to meet you (= when you first meet somebody).
- Nice meeting you (= when you leave somebody after meeting them for the first time).
- There's someone I want you to meet.
- Have you met Miranda?
- I love meeting people.
- When these two finally met, the connection was electric.
- the place where they had first met
- an interactive site where people can meet online
- Jasper Johns worked at various jobs before meeting Rauschenberg in 1954.
- [transitive] meet something to do or satisfy what is needed or what somebody asks for synonym fulfil
- How can we best meet the needs of all the different groups?
- The airport must be expanded to meet demand.
- He had failed to meet his performance targets.
- to meet a challenge/goal
- The oil industry is working to meet clean air requirements.
- Patients were included in the study if they met the following criteria.
- 50% of the candidates failed to meet the standard required.
- Until these conditions are met, we cannot proceed with the sale.
- I can't possibly meet that deadline.
Extra Examples- California faces a further round of rolling blackouts today as the state struggles to meet demand for electrical power.
- The workforce work extremely hard to ensure all boats meet the exacting demands of the customer.
- Local authorities also have an important role to play in meeting the rural housing challenge.
- It's not a matter of meeting a short-term financial goal.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- head-on
- be able to
- can
- be unable to
- …
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to play, fight, etc. together as opponents in a competition
- Smith and Jones met in last year's final.
- meet somebody Smith met Jones in last year's final.
- [transitive] meet something to experience something, often something unpleasant synonym come across, encounter
- Others have met similar problems.
- How she met her death will probably never be known.
- They were determined to meet the challenge head-on.
- [intransitive, transitive] to touch something; to join
- The curtains don't meet in the middle.
- meet something That's where the river meets the sea.
- His hand met hers.
- [transitive] meet something to pay something
- The cost will be met by the company.
Extra Examples- Many families on these estates are struggling to meet their financial commitments.
- The company will meet the cost of the journey.
- The school had to sell off its playing fields to meet its debt repayments.
by chance
by arrangement
for the first time
satisfy
in contest
experience something
touch/join
pay
Word OriginOld English mētan ‘come upon’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeten, also to moot.
Idioms
find/meet your match (in somebody)
- to meet somebody who is equal to or even better than you in strength, skill or intelligence
- He thought he could beat anyone at chess but he’s met his match in Peter.
Extra Examples- I think he's finally met his match in Lisa.
- She knew she had met her match and tried to retreat.
make (both) ends meet
- to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need
- Many families struggle to make ends meet.
meet somebody’s eye(s) | meet somebody’s gaze, look, etc. | people’s eyes meet
- [transitive, intransitive] if you meet somebody’s eye(s), you look directly at them as they look at you; if two people’s eyes meet, they look directly at each other
- She was afraid to meet my eye.
- Their eyes met across the crowded room.
- She met his gaze without flinching.
- [transitive] meet somebody’s eye(s) your eyes if a sight meets your eyes, you see it
- A terrible sight met their eyes.
meet somebody halfway
- to reach an agreement with somebody by giving them part of what they want
- If he was prepared to apologize, the least she could do was meet him halfway and accept some of the blame.
meet your Maker
- (especially humorous) to die
never the twain shall meet
- (saying) used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together
there is more to somebody/something than meets the eye
- a person or thing is more complicated or interesting than you might think at first
where the rubber meets the road
- (North American English) the point at which something is tested and you really find out whether it is successful or true
- Here's where the rubber meets the road: will consumers actually buy the product?