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MEET

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Irregular inflected form: met   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Synonyms:

meet; sports meeting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("meet" is a kind of...):

athletic competition; athletic contest; athletics (a contest between athletes)

Meronyms (parts of "meet"):

track and field (participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meet"):

gymkhana (a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes)

race meeting (a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track)

regatta (a meeting for boat races)

swim meet; swimming meet (a swimming competition between two or more teams)

track meet (a track and field competition between two or more teams)

Derivation:

meet (contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle)

meet (get together socially or for a specific purpose)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being precisely fitting and right

Example:

it is only meet that she should be seated first

Synonyms:

fitting; meet

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

just (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

Example:

Charlie likes to play Mary

Synonyms:

encounter; meet; play; take on

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

"Meet" entails doing...:

compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)

Verb group:

play (participate in games or sport)

play (employ in a game or in a specific position)

play (use or move)

play (shoot or hit in a particular manner)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

confront; face (oppose, as in hostility or a competition)

replay (repeat a game against the same opponent)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue meet

Sam cannot meet Sue

Derivation:

meet (a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction

Example:

meet a need

Synonyms:

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

accommodate; fit; suit (be agreeable or acceptable to)

fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (meet the requirements or expectations of)

fill the bill; fit the bill (be what is needed or be good enough for what is required)

allay; assuage; quench; slake (satisfy (thirst))

feed on; feed upon (be sustained by)

content (satisfy in a limited way)

appease; quell; stay (overcome or allay)

answer (be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be in direct physical contact with; make contact

Example:

The surfaces contact at this point

Synonyms:

adjoin; contact; meet; touch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Verb group:

converge; meet (be adjacent or come together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

lean against; lean on; rest on (rest on for support)

border; environ; ring; skirt; surround (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle)

abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)

hug (fit closely or tightly)

attach (be attached; be in contact with)

chafe; fray; fret; rub; scratch (cause friction)

adhere; cleave; cling; cohere; stick (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation)

cover; spread over (form a cover over)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

Our properties meet at this point

His fields meet mine at this point

Sense 4

Meaning:

Meet by design; be present at the arrival of

Example:

Can you meet me at the train station?

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

meet up with (meet with by appointment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 5

Meaning:

Come together

Example:

How nice to see you again!

Synonyms:

come across; encounter; meet; run across; run into; see

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Verb group:

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

cross; intersect (meet at a point)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

meeting (a casual or unexpected convergence)

meeting (a formally arranged gathering)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Undergo or suffer

Example:

suffer a terrible fate

Synonyms:

meet; suffer

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

experience; go through; see (undergo or live through a difficult experience)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Collect in one place

Example:

Let's gather in the dining room

Synonyms:

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Verb group:

come across; encounter; meet; run across; run into; see (come together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

club (gather and spend time together)

caucus (meet to select a candidate or promote a policy)

turn out (come and gather for a public event)

converge (move or draw together at a certain location)

crowd; crowd together (to gather together in large numbers)

clump; cluster; constellate; flock (come together as in a cluster or flock)

convene (meet formally)

fort; fort up (gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense)

hive (move together in a hive or as if in a hive)

congregate (come together, usually for a purpose)

meet (meet by design; be present at the arrival of)

aggroup; group (form a group or group together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The crowds meet in the streets

Derivation:

meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)

meeting (a small informal social gathering)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Get together socially or for a specific purpose

Synonyms:

get together; meet

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

pick up (meet someone for sexual purposes)

reunite (have a reunion; unite again)

rendezvous (meet at a rendezvous)

call; call in; visit (pay a brief visit)

celebrate; fete (have a celebration)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

meet (a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held)

meeter (a person who is present and participates in a meeting)

meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)

meeting (a small informal social gathering)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Get to know; get acquainted with

Example:

we met in Singapore

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue meet

Sam cannot meet Sue

Sense 10

Meaning:

Be adjacent or come together

Example:

The lines converge at this point

Synonyms:

converge; meet

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Verb group:

adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):

breast (meet at breast level)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 11

Meaning:

Experience as a reaction

Example:

My proposal met with much opposition

Synonyms:

encounter; meet; receive

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):

experience; have (undergo)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

These measurements will provide information down to where the upper and lower atmospheres meet, giving scientists a full profile of the upper tier.

(Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet, NASA)

Scientists meeting Tuesday in Vienna said if no action is taken, the problem will increase by 65 percent by 2050.

(Experts Warn Prescription, Over-the-Counter Drugs Polluting World's Rivers, VOA)

We have enough vaccines to meet this demand.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)

The event description read, We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry.

(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)

An additional 1,327 candidates are more likely than not to be actual planets, but they do not meet the 99 percent threshold and will require additional study.

(Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered, NASA)

To meet part of the plant's demand for electric energy, a photovoltaic micro-plant was built nearby.

(Biomethane rises as alternate source of energy in Brazil, Agência Brasil)

Cancer that forms where the right and left ducts meet is called Klatskin tumor.

(Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

Does not meet the rigorous criteria of a clinical trial.

(Clinical Testing, NCI Thesaurus)

She would have liked to know how he felt as to a meeting.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

A registered nurse who meets the requirements for licensure as an advanced practice nurse.

(Certified Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)

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