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Meet
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English
Etymology 1
Anglo-Saxon mētan
Pronunciation
- mēt, /miːt/, /mi:t/
- Homophones: meat, mete
- Rhymes: -iːt
Verb
to meet (meets , met, meeting)
- come face to face with by accident; to encounter
- Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
- to come face to face with someone by arrangemet
- Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.
- Fancy meeting you here!
- Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?
- to converge and finally touch or intersect
- The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.
- to satisfy; to comply with
- This proposal meets my requirements.
Translations
- Dutch: ontmoeten (1)
- Filipino: magtagpô (1)
- French: rencontrer (1)
- German: treffen (1,2,3), begegnen (1), entsprechen (4), gerechtwerden (4), nachkommen (4)
- Indonesian: bertemu (1), menemui (1)
- Japanese: 会う (あう, au) (1)
- Portuguese: encontrar (1,2,3); satisfazer (4)
- Spanish: encontrar (1)
Noun
meet (meets )
- a sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming
- a gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting
Etymology 2
Adjective
meet
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA : /met/
- SAMPA : /met/
Verb
meet
- singular indicative of meten
Translations
- English: measure(s)
Noun
meet
- finish line in a competition
Translations
- English: finish
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