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Meet

verb

(past & past part. met; pres. part. meeting)

1.

Come together. Synonyms: come across, encounter, run across, run into, see. "How nice to see you again!"

2.

Get together socially or for a specific purpose. Synonym: get together.

3.

Be adjacent or come together. Synonym: converge.

4.

Fill or meet a want or need. Synonyms: fill, fulfil, fulfill, satisfy.

5.

Satisfy a condition or restriction. Synonyms: conform to, fit.

6.

Satisfy or fulfill. Synonyms: cope with, match. "This job doesn't match my dreams"

7.

Collect in one place. Synonyms: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather. "Let's gather in the dining room"

8.

Get to know; get acquainted with. "We met in Singapore"

9.

Meet by design; be present at the arrival of.

10.

Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. Synonyms: encounter, play, take on. "Charlie likes to play Mary"

11.

Experience as a reaction. Synonyms: encounter, receive.

12.

Undergo or suffer. Synonym: suffer. "Suffer a terrible fate"

13.

Be in direct physical contact with; make contact. Synonyms: adjoin, contact, touch. "Their hands touched" , "The wire must not contact the metal cover" , "The surfaces contact at this point"

noun

1.

A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held. Synonym: sports meeting.

adjective

1.

Being precisely fitting and right. Synonym: fitting.

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"Meet" Quotes from Famous Books

... give me their seats, they even push the doors open in front of me! And so I'm panting for something to do... for some opposition, some competition, some conflict. I'm spoiling for a fight! You, Henry, don't you know what I mean? A fight! [With a sharp, swift gesture.] I want to meet some wild animal again! Is there a wild animal in you? [They stare at each other; suddenly she springs and takes the other single-stick from FREDDY.] Here! You know this game! My father taught you! [She holds out one to him.] ...

— The Naturewoman • Upton Sinclair

... request. The facts are as follows: You and I were walking together along D street in the city of Marysville, when we met Judge Barbour, who, after using some offensive and insolent remarks, gave you a verbal challenge to meet him in the way resorted to by gentlemen for the settlement of their personal difficulties. You accepted the challenge instantly, and referred him to me, as your friend, who would act for you in settling the preliminaries of a hostile meeting. In half an hour I was called ...

— Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State • Stephen Field; George C. Gorham

... To meet the expenditures for the remainder of the present and for the next fiscal year, ending on the 30th of June, 1849, a further loan in aid of the ordinary revenues of the Government will be necessary. Retaining a sufficient surplus ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Polk - Section 3 (of 3) of Volume 4: James Knox Polk • Compiled by James D. Richardson

... maintain economic independence results in vagrancy and destitution. Their helplessness in the face of obstacles frequently brings about their complete collapse at the first rebuff which they have to meet. The interest of the community can only be adequately protected by the segregation of a considerable proportion of these persons in suitable institutions. A sterilized defective would not be any less liable to these happenings than would one who was unsterilized. ...

— Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders • W. H. Triggs, Donald McGavin, Frederick Truby King, J. Sands Elliot, Ada G. Patterson, C.E. Matthews

... high population growth rate (including immigrants and refugees). Faced with a multitude of economic difficulties, the government has fallen in arrears on long-term external debt and has been struggling to meet the stipulations of foreign aid donors. The year 2001 will see only small growth as port activity should decrease now that Ethiopia ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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