Meet

Quick meaning: Meet is a verb meaning To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.

Meaning

To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.

More Meanings

1. (Of groups) To come together.
2. To make physical or perceptual contact.
3. To satisfy; to comply with.
4. (intransitive) To balance or come out correct.
5. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
6. To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
7. (sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.

Example Sentences

The eye met a horrid sight. He met his fate.

[…] And all we met was fair and good, ⁠And all was good that Time could bring, […]

This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.

Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.

Word Forms

• meets
• meeting
• meeter
• meetest

Synonyms for meet

Depending on context, synonyms include touch, just, fit, see, play, encounter.

Antonyms for meet

Common opposites include pass, join, diverge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include encounter, fulfill, receive, satisfy, touch, fit.

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