meet
verb
[ miːt ]
• arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone).
• "a week later I met him in the street"
Similar:
encounter,
meet up with,
come face to face with,
make contact with,
run into/across,
come across/upon,
chance on,
happen on,
light on,
stumble across/on,
bump into,
• touch or join.
• "icebergs are created when glaciers meet the sea"
Similar:
come together,
converge,
connect,
touch,
link up,
reach,
abut,
butt,
adjoin,
join,
unite,
intersect,
cross,
• fulfil or satisfy (a need, requirement, or condition).
• "this policy is doing nothing to meet the needs of women"
Similar:
fulfil,
satisfy,
fill,
measure up to,
match (up to),
conform to,
come up to,
perform,
comply with,
answer,
meet
noun
• a gathering of riders and hounds before a hunt begins.
• "she fell from her horse during a weekend meet"
• an organized event at which a number of races or other athletic contests are held.
• "major meets such as national championships"
Similar:
event,
tournament,
game,
match,
contest,
competition,
bout,
fight,
encounter,
engagement,
hunt,
gathering,
convention,
conclave,
rally,
congress,
convocation,
muster,
quiz,
• a meeting, typically one with an illicit purpose.
• "the meet with Frank is on for 10 o'clock"
Origin:
Old English mētan ‘come upon’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeten, also to moot.
meet
adjective
• suitable or proper.
• "it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘made to fit’): shortening of Old English gemǣte, of Germanic origin; related to mete1.
