American English pronunciation
How to pronounce met
IPA transcription: ['mɛt]
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Verb
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come together
“I'll probably see you at the meeting”
“How nice to see you again!”
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fill or meet a want or need
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get together socially or for a specific purpose
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collect in one place
“We assembled in the church basement”
“Let's gather in the dining room”
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be adjacent or come together
“The lines converge at this point”
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satisfy a condition or restriction
“Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?”
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satisfy or fulfill
“meet a need”
“this job doesn't match my dreams”
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get to know; get acquainted with
“I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!”
“we met in Singapore”
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meet by design; be present at the arrival of
“Can you meet me at the train station?”
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contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
“Princeton plays Yale this weekend”
“Charlie likes to play Mary”
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experience as a reaction
“My proposal met with much opposition”
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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”
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undergo or suffer
“meet a violent death”
“suffer a terrible fate”
Usage examples
- He was sometimes pictured on the back of a goose, ram, or two crocodiles.
- Something deep beneath the earth shifted, sending vibrations strong enough to register on earthquake detection mechanisms hundreds of miles away.
- His grave is in Rose Hill Cemetery in Bloomington.
- This is not the same thing as volumetric mass density.
- However, with proper parameters it can beat the inverted files in certain environments.
- If you want something you gotta go get it.
- Pacas inhabit rainforests, cloud forests, and sometimes more open habitats.
- It absolutely gives me chills sometimes.
- The basic method of preparation involves slow cooking over a low heat.
- A wide range of body hammers are used in metalworking.