meet (n.)

  1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

    [ Syn: sports meeting ]

    meet (adj.)

  1. being precisely fitting and right; it is only meet that she should be seated first

    [ Syn: fitting ]

    meet (v.)

  1. come together; Ill probably see you at the meeting; How nice to see you again!

    [ Syn: run into , encounter , run across , come across , see ]

  2. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; Princeton plays Yale this weekend; Charlie likes to play Mary

    [ Syn: encounter , play , take on ]

  3. experience as a reaction; My proposal met with much opposition

    [ Syn: encounter , receive ]

  4. undergo or suffer; meet a violent death; suffer a terrible fate

    [ Syn: suffer ]

  5. be in direct physical contact with; make contact; The two buildings touch; Their hands touched; The wire must not contact the metal cover; The surfaces contact at this point

    [ Syn: touch , adjoin , contact ]

  6. get together socially or for a specific purpose

    [ Syn: get together ]

  7. be adjacent or come together; The lines converge at this point

    [ Syn: converge , converge ]

  8. fill or meet a want or need

    [ Syn: satisfy , fill , fulfill , fulfil ]

  9. satisfy a condition or restriction; Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?

    [ Syn: fit , conform to ]

  10. satisfy or fulfill; meet a need; this job doesnt match my dreams

    [ Syn: match , cope with ]

  11. collect in one place; We assembled in the church basement; Lets gather in the dining room

    [ Syn: gather , assemble , forgather , foregather ]

  12. get to know; get acquainted with; I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!; we met in Singapore'

  13. meet by design; be present at the arrival of; Can you meet me at the train station?'

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
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