Meet

Pronunciation: mēt

v. t.

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.

[imp. & p. p. Met (mĕt); p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.]

To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.

To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.

His daughter came out to meet him.

- Judg. xi. 34.

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.

Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.

- Pope.

To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.

To meet half way
literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.

To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.

O, when meet now
Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined !

- Milton.

To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
May serve to better us and worse our foes.

- Milton.

To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.

They . . . appointed a day to meet together.

- 2. Macc. xiv. 21.

To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.

To meet with
a -	To light upon; to find; to come to; - often with the sense of unexpectedness.

We met with many things worthy of observation.

- Bacon.

Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury
From the fierce prince.

- Rowe.

An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.

Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

It was meet that we should make merry.

- Luke xv. 32.

To be meet with
to be even with; to be equal to.

adv.

Meetly.

Noun	1.	meet - a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held Synonyms: sports meeting
Verb	1.	meet - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" Synonyms: encounter, ran into, run across, come across, see
	2.	meet - get together socially or for a specific purpose Synonyms: get together
	3.	meet - be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" Synonyms: converge
	4.	meet - fill or meet a want or need Synonyms: fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, fill
	5.	meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" Synonyms: conform to, fit
	6.	meet - satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" Synonyms: cope with, match
	7.	meet - get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
	8.	meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" Synonyms: foregather, forgather, gather, assemble
	9.	meet - meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
	10.	meet - contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" Synonyms: encounter, take on, play
	11.	meet - experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" Synonyms: encounter, receive
	12.	meet - undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" Synonyms: suffer
	13.	meet - 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" Synonyms: adjoin, contact, touch
Adj.	1.	meet - being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" Synonyms: fitting

Meet - greatest lower bound

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