Meaning & Definition of Meet in English

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

1. Come together

• "I'll probably see you at the meeting"

• "How nice to see you again!"

2. Get together socially or for a specific purpose

3. Be adjacent or come together

• "The lines converge at this point"

4. Fill or meet a want or need

5. Satisfy a condition or restriction

• "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"

6. Satisfy or fulfill

• "Meet a need"

• "This job doesn't match my dreams"

7. Collect in one place

• "We assembled in the church basement"

• "Let's gather in the dining room"

8. Get to know

• Get acquainted with

• "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"

• "We met in singapore"

9. Meet by design

• Be present at the arrival of

• "Can you meet me at the train station?"

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

• "Princeton plays yale this weekend"

• "Charlie likes to play mary"

11. Experience as a reaction

• "My proposal met with much opposition"

12. Undergo or suffer

• "Meet a violent death"

• "Suffer a terrible fate"

13. 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"

1. Being precisely fitting and right

• "It is only meet that she should be seated first"