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单词 meet
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meetverb

uk​/miːt/us​/miːt/met, met

meet verb (FOR THE FIRST TIME)

A1 [ T or I ] to see and talk to someone for the first time:

They met at work.
I met her in Hawaii.
Would you like to meet my sister?
Come and meet (= be introduced to) my friend Laura.

More examples

  • I'd like you to meet Ann Gregory, my deputy.
  • I'm dreading having to meet his parents.
  • It's important to create a good impression when you meet a new client.
  • It's not always easy to meet members of the opposite sex.
  • We went backstage after the show to meet the actors.

meet verb (COME TOGETHER)

A1 [ I or T ] to come together with someone intentionally:

Lorraine and I meet for lunch once a month.
We agreed to meet on Tuesday to discuss the project.
The children's club meets every Thursday afternoon.
They're meeting with their advisers to draw up a new plan.
The president met the UK prime minister in London yesterday.

A1 [ T or I ] to come together with someone without intending to:

It's always awkward when you meet someone you know but you can't remember their name.
Guess who I met in town today.
We met our old neighbours at an auction last Saturday.

More examples

  • I'll meet you at the check-in desk.
  • She's gone to meet Blake at the station.
  • I'm meeting a group of friends for dinner tonight.
  • The lovers met at a secret rendezvous in the park.
  • We met on several occasions to discuss the issue.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Meeting people

  • appointment
  • conclave
  • cross
  • cross sb's path/cross paths with sb idiom
  • deal
  • gathering
  • hello
  • hook
  • hook up
  • how are things (with you)? idiom
  • how do you do? idiom
  • it's a date idiom
  • known
  • make yourself known idiom
  • massed
  • meeting point
  • muster point
  • remember sb to sb
  • run across sb
  • tryst

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meet verb (SATISFY)

C1 [ T ] to fulfil, satisfy, or achieve:

The workers' demands for higher pay were not met by the management.
We haven't yet been able to find a house that meets our needs/requirements.
They will only agree to sign the contract if certain conditions are met.
Do you think we will be able to meet our deadline/target?

[ T ] to pay:

The company has agreed to meet all our expenses.

More examples

  • This type of computer is too slow and inflexible to meet many business needs.
  • Can the sales force meet its financial objectives?
  • They threatened to blow up the plane if their demands were not met.
  • They agreed to raise the trade embargo if three conditions were met.
  • His latest book met all my expectations.

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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling

  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • acquit
  • actualize
  • attain
  • bear
  • go (off) without a hitch idiom
  • go places idiom
  • go the whole hog idiom
  • groove
  • have the last laugh idiom
  • kill
  • pan
  • rise
  • sew sth up
  • somewhere
  • stand out
  • streak ahead
  • succeed
  • sunset

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Paying money

meet verb (PLACE)

B1 [ T ] to wait at a place for someone or something to arrive:

Will you meet me at the airport (= be there when the aircraft arrives)?

More examples

  • A representative from the tour company will meet you at the check-in.
  • You go on ahead of me, and I'll meet you there.
  • It's very kind of you to come all the way to meet me.
  • I'll meet you by the down escalator on the second floor.
  • She's gone to meet Brian at the station.

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Meeting people

  • appointment
  • conclave
  • cross
  • cross sb's path/cross paths with sb idiom
  • deal
  • gathering
  • hello
  • hook
  • hook up
  • how are things (with you)? idiom
  • how do you do? idiom
  • it's a date idiom
  • known
  • make yourself known idiom
  • massed
  • meeting point
  • muster point
  • remember sb to sb
  • run across sb
  • tryst

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meet verb (TOUCH)

[ I or T ] to touch or join something:

There's a large crack where the ceiling meets the wall.
The curtains don't quite meet.
The horizon is the line where the sky meets the earth.

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Connecting and combining

  • abut
  • adjoin
  • aggregate
  • allied
  • amalgamate
  • assemblage
  • bind
  • desegregate
  • dovetail
  • eclectic
  • entwine
  • fuse
  • fusion
  • hitch
  • linkage
  • lump sb/sth together
  • marriage
  • marry
  • meld
  • merge

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meet verb (EXPERIENCE)

[ T ] to experience something:

I've never met that kind of problem/system before.
He met his death (= he died) in the icy waters of the South Atlantic.

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Experiencing and suffering

  • afflict
  • affliction
  • almost/nearly die of sth idiom
  • be a martyr to sth idiom
  • be a victim of your own success idiom
  • be devoured by sth idiom
  • count
  • get the short end of the stick idiom
  • get/have your fingers burned idiom
  • go through sth
  • grip
  • hands-on
  • ride
  • sample
  • seat
  • sense
  • undergo
  • underwent
  • ups and downs
  • writhe

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Idiom(s)

be more to this than meets the eye
eyes meet
meet sb's eye
meet sb halfway
meet your maker
meet your match
meet your Waterloo

Phrasal verb(s)

meet up
meet with sth

meetnoun [ C ]

uk​/miːt/us​/miːt/

US a sports event:

a track/swim meet
the first meet of the season

UK an occasion when people go fox hunting

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Competitions, & parts of competitions

  • battle
  • battle of wits idiom
  • beauty contest
  • beauty pageant
  • benefit match
  • clash
  • contest
  • European night
  • exhibition match
  • friendly
  • handicap
  • kickabout
  • ladder
  • nip
  • one-horse race
  • race
  • race meeting
  • Rafferty's rules
  • the Premier League
  • winning post

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Hunting & fishing

meetverb

us​/mit/past tense and past participle met /met/

meet verb (COME TOGETHER)

[ I/T ] to come together with another person:

[ I ] We agreed to meet on Tuesday at six.
[ I ] They’re meeting with their advisers to work out a new plan.
[ T ] The doctor unexpectedly met one of her patients in the supermarket.
[ T ] Will we meet Joyce’s plane (= be at the airport when she arrives)?
[ I ] The teams met twice this season (= competed against each other twice).

meet verb (BECOME FAMILIAR WITH)

[ I/T ] to become familiar with someone for the first time:

[ I ] They met at work.
[ T ] I’d like you to meet my friend Laura.

meet verb (JOIN)

[ I/T ] (esp. of objects) to join or touch:

[ I ] The curtains don’t meet in the middle of the window.

meet verb (FULFILL)

[ T ] to fulfill, satisfy, or achieve:

We haven’t found office space that meets our needs.
Do you think she’ll be able to meet the deadline?

Idiom(s)

meet someone halfway

Phrasal verb(s)

meet up (with someone)
meet with something
meet with something

meetnoun [ C ]

us​/mit/

meet noun [ C ] (SPORTS EVENT)

a sports event at which several teams or people compete:

a track meet
a swimming meet

meetverb

uk​/miːt/us​met /met/, met /met/

[ I or T ] to arrange to see a person or group of people in order to speak with them about something:

Team members arranged to meet at designated locations in their respective cities.
Committees meet regularly with planning groups.
Italy's lawmakers are meeting today to discuss the proposed new legislation.
meet sb Senior government officials attended a gathering in Dubai in September to meet international oil executives.
meet at sth Delegates will meet at the Imperial Hotel next Wednesday at 10.30.
meet in Washington/Dubai/Shanghai, etc. European Union leaders are meeting in Nice to decide on various reforms.
meet with sb Trust directors have already met with staff to review records and discuss future performance targets.

[ T ] to achieve the result or level that had been expected:

We are on track to meet earnings forecasts.
Due to strong growth in the homes division, the company met its home completion target of 8,000 for the year.
meet a target/expectation/goal Profits this year will not meet expectations because of a slowdown in the worldwide economic recovery.

[ T ] to satisfy a demand or need:

The mortgages they offer meet customer needs for flexibility.
meet a demand/need for sth To meet the demand for its services, the university is building a new campus.
meet the needs of sb/sth Many new jobs are service jobs to meet the daily needs of all the people moving to the region.

[ T ] to do something that you must do because of a law or rule:

meet a condition/requirement/obligation The Government has threatened to seize the assets of companies that do not meet their obligations to pensioners.
be met by sb/sth Certain criteria must be met by applicants before they can enrol on the program.

[ T ] to have enough money to pay for something, or to pay amounts you owe:

meet costs/payments/expenses Meeting mortgage payments is becoming increasingly difficult for more and more people.
be met by sb/sth

[ T ] to have the money or resources you need in order to do something, especially something that you have not done before:

meet a challenge/opportunity We need a different set of strategies to help us meet the challenges of the new marketplace.
meet a deadline

to finish work at the time or by a date that has been previously agreed:

Employees are under constant pressure to meet deadlines.
meet (sb) halfway

to reach an agreement with another person or group by offering them some of the things they want:

The bank offered to meet them halfway by splitting the difference.
He wants us to work to meet the stakeholders halfway to try to accommodate everyone's wishes.

Phrasal verb(s)

meet up
meet with sth
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