释义 |
meet1 /mēt/ transitive verb (pap and pat met)- To come face to face with
- To come into the company of
- To become acquainted with, be introduced to
- To encounter in conflict or battle (archaic)
- To find or come across in passing (now dialect)
- To come into contact with, join
- To encounter or experience as treatment or response
- To match or oppose adequately, to refute, eg an argument
- To be suitable to or satisfy, eg a demand or requirement
- To be sufficient in payment for
- (in imperative) as a request to receive or welcome a person on introduction
- To cause to meet, bring into contact
- To await the arrival of, keep an appointment with
intransitive verb- To come together from different points
- To assemble
- To come into contact
- To have an encounter
- To balance, come out correct
noun- A meeting of participants in a fox hunt
- A gathering for a sports competition or race
- A covert pre-arranged meeting between criminals, esp drug dealers, or between police and an informant (slang)
- An intersection (mathematics)
ORIGIN: OE mētan to meet, from mōt, gemōt a meeting meetˈing noun - A coming face to face for friendly or hostile ends
- An interview
- An assembly
- An organized assembly for the transaction of business
- A sporting event, esp athletics or horse-racing
- An assembly for religious worship, esp (in England) of Dissenters
- A place of meeting
- A junction
meetˈing-house noun A house or building where people, esp Quakers, meet for public worship give the (or a) meeting (archaic) To appoint or come to a rendezvous, for a duel or other purpose meet halfway To make concessions to, or come to a compromise with meet in with or wi’ (Scot) To meet with, come across meet the ear, or eye To be readily apparent meet up (with) To meet, by chance or arrangement meet with - To come to or upon, esp unexpectedly
- To meet or come together with, usu for a purpose (orig US)
- To undergo, chance to experience
- To obviate (as an objection) (Bacon)
well met An old complimentary greeting |