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meet in WordNet English dictionary
verb- 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"
touch adjoin meet contact
- collect in one place
"We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
meet gather assemble forgather foregather
- come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
meet run into encounter run across come across see
- satisfy a condition or restriction
"Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
meet fit conform to
- be adjacent or come together
"The lines converge at this point"
converge meet
- satisfy or fulfill
"meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
meet match cope with
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
meet encounter play take on
- experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"
meet encounter receive
- fill or meet a want or need
meet satisfy fill fulfill fulfil
- get together socially or for a specific purpose
meet get together
- meet by design; be present at the arrival of
"Can you meet me at the train station?"
meet
- undergo or suffer
"meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
suffer meet
- get to know; get acquainted with
"I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
meet
adjective- being precisely fitting and right
"it is only meet that she should be seated first"
fitting meet
noun- a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
meet sports meeting
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University