meet

meet1 [ mit ] (past tense and past participle met [ met ] ) verb ***

▸ 1 come together with someone

▸ 2 play against opponent

▸ 3 experience result

▸ 4 when roads etc. connect

▸ 5 pay money owed

▸ 6 do something necessary

▸ 7 look into someone's eyes

▸ 8 hit/touch something

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) intransitive or transitive to come together to talk to someone you have arranged to see:

I'll meet you in the bar later.

meet for: We're meeting for lunch tomorrow.

meet to do something: I'd like to meet to talk about your future.

a ) intransitive or transitive to see and speak to someone without planning to:

You'll never guess who I met on the plane.

b ) intransitive or transitive to be introduced to someone you do not know:

Have you met my wife?

I think they met at college.

c ) intransitive or transitive to come together with other people as a group to discuss something formally or officially:

The president is meeting world leaders at a summit next week.

meet to do something: The council will meet next week to decide what action to take.

d ) transitive to be waiting for someone when they arrive somewhere:

We'll come out to the airport to meet you.

2. ) intransitive or transitive to play against an opponent in a game:

The two teams met last year in the playoffs.

It looks like the Yankees will meet the Mets in a subway series.

3. ) meet or meet with transitive to get a particular result or reaction:

meet with: We tried to investigate but met a wall of silence.

meet (with) opposition/approval/resistance etc.: The bill met strong opposition from the Republicans.

be met by/with something: The officials were met by complaints about joblessness and crime.

4. ) intransitive or transitive if things such as roads, lines, or areas meet, they join each other:

The two rivers meet just north of the town.

the line where the land meets the sky

5. ) transitive to pay money that is owed or needed for something:

My salary is only just enough to meet our living expenses.

6. ) transitive to do or provide what is necessary to deal successfully with a situation:

This technology can meet the challenges of the 21st century.

meet the needs of something/someone: The water won't meet the needs of the local population.

a ) to do what you planned or promised to do:

Will the administration be able to meet its obligations?

7. ) intransitive or transitive if two people's eyes meet, they look directly into each other's eyes, often communicating something:

Their eyes met long enough for him to see the warning.

She was finding it hard to meet his gaze.

8. ) intransitive or transitive MAINLY LITERARY to hit or touch something:

Her lips met mine.

meet your death/end/fate MAINLY LITERARY

to die in a particular way:

He met the end he deserved.

meet something head on INFORMAL

to deal with a problem or difficult situation directly and with determination, instead of avoiding it

something meets your eye/ear MAINLY LITERARY

to see or hear something:

A strange sight met our eyes.

there's more to someone/something than meets the eye

used for saying that someone or something is more interesting, impressive, complicated, etc. than they seem to be

=> WATERLOO

meet up phrasal verb intransitive

1. ) to come together with someone, either unexpectedly or as planned:

We usually meet up for a quick sandwich in the morning.

meet up with: I met up with him as I left the building.

2. ) if roads, streets, etc. meet up, they join or cross each other:

The streets meet up at the next intersection.

meet up with: The track meets up with the main road ahead.

meet with phrasal verb transitive

1. ) meet with someone to have a formal meeting with someone:

They're meeting with Russian leaders to try to end the crisis.

2. ) meet with something same as MEET1 3:

Experiments with the new drug have met with some success.

a decision that has met with general approval

3. ) meet with something to unexpectedly experience trouble, danger, difficulty, etc.:

She met with an accident yesterday.

meet

meet 2 [ mit ] noun count

1. ) a sports event involving a lot of people or teams competing against each other:

a swim/track meet

2. ) in the U.K., an occasion when a group of people riding horses hunt FOXES

meet

meet 3 [ mit ] adjective

an old word meaning appropriate or right