meet

Definitions


[miːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone)
(e.g: a week later I met him in the street)

- touch or join
(e.g: icebergs are created when glaciers meet the sea)

- fulfil or satisfy (a need, requirement, or condition)
(e.g: this policy is doing nothing to meet the needs of women)


Phrases:
- meet someone halfway
- meet someone's eye
- meet the case
- meet the moment
- there's more to someone or something than meets the eye

Origin:
Old English mētan ‘come upon’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeten, also to moot


[miːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a gathering of riders and hounds before a hunt begins
(e.g: she fell from her horse during a weekend meet)

- an organized event at which a number of races or other athletic contests are held
(e.g: major meets such as national championships)

- a meeting, typically one with an illicit purpose
(e.g: the meet with Frank is on for 10 o'clock)


Phrases:
- meet someone halfway
- meet someone's eye
- meet the case
- meet the moment
- there's more to someone or something than meets the eye

Origin:
Old English mētan ‘come upon’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeten, also to moot


[miːt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- suitable or proper
(e.g: it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘made to fit’): shortening of Old English gemǣte, of Germanic origin; related to mete




definition by Oxford Dictionaries