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meet

/miːt/

noun

Meaning

  • A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).

  • A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.

  • A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.

  • A meeting.

    "OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him."

  • The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.

  • An act of French kissing someone.

verb

Meaning

  • To make contact (with) while in proximity.

  • (Of groups) To come together.

  • To make physical or perceptual contact.

  • To satisfy; to comply with.

    "This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs."

  • To balance or come out correct.

  • To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

    "The eye met a horrid sight. He met his fate."

  • To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.