Meet - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT meet /mit/ /mit/ IPA guide

Other forms: met; meeting; meets; meetly

Meet means to interact in some way. You can meet someone at a party, you can meet another team in a game.

There are many ways to meet. You can meet with tragedy, which means to have something awful happen to you. You can meet the needs of others, which means you give them what they need. You can meet expectations on the state exam, which means you do as well as you need to pass. You can meet your friends at the mall. When you see the word meet, there’s usually a connection being made.

Definitions of meet

verb come together synonyms: come across, encounter, run across, run into, see assemble, foregather, forgather, gather collect in one place see moresee less types: cross, intersect meet at a point cross meet and pass
verb collect in one place synonyms: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather come across, encounter, run across, run into, see come together see moresee less types: show 27 types... hide 27 types... aggroup, group form a group or group together congregate come together, usually for a purpose hive move together in a hive or as if in a hive fort, fort up gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense convene meet formally clump, cluster, constellate, flock come together as in a cluster or flock crowd, crowd together to gather together in large numbers converge move or draw together at a certain location turn out come and gather for a public event caucus meet to select a candidate or promote a policy club gather and spend time together team, team up form a team embed attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war gang, gang up act as an organized group pool join or form a pool of people brigade form or unite into a brigade meet up with meet with by appointment mass join together into a mass or collect or form a mass reconvene meet or cause to meet again sit be in session huddle, huddle together crowd or draw together bunch, bunch together, bunch up form into a bunch overcrowd crowd together too much pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem move in large numbers herd move together, like a herd concentrate draw together or meet in one common center jam, mob, pack, pile, throng press tightly together or cram type of: interact act together or towards others or with others
verb be adjacent or come together synonyms: converge adjoin, contact, touch be in direct physical contact with; make contact see moresee less types: breast meet at breast level
verb be in direct physical contact with; make contact synonyms: adjoin, contact, touch converge be adjacent or come together see moresee less types: show 33 types... hide 33 types... cover, spread over form a cover over adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation chafe, fray, fret, rub, scratch cause friction attach be attached; be in contact with hug fit closely or tightly abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march lie adjacent to another or share a boundary border, environ, ring, skirt, surround extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle lean against, lean on, rest on rest on for support flood cover with liquid, usually water bloody cover with blood mist, mist over become covered with mist glaciate cover with ice or snow or a glacier strew cover; be dispersed over grass, grass over cover with grass mold fit tightly, follow the contours of conglutinate stick together agglutinate clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. cake, coat form a coat over drown, overwhelm, submerge cover completely or make imperceptible leech onto admire boundlessly and follow around fringe decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe gird, girdle put a girdle on or around cloister surround with a cloister close in, enclose, inclose, shut in surround completely mantle cover like a mantle hem in surround in a restrictive manner cloak, clothe, drape, robe cover as if with clothing neighbor, neighbour be located near or adjacent to cloister surround with a cloister, as of a garden blanket form a blanket-like cover (over) carpet form a carpet-like cover (over) smother form an impenetrable cover over shroud form a cover like a shroud
verb get together socially or for a specific purpose synonyms: get together see moresee less types: show 12 types... hide 12 types... pick up meet someone for sexual purposes reunite have a reunion; unite again rendezvous meet at a rendezvous call, call in, visit pay a brief visit celebrate, fete have a celebration see go to see for professional or business reasons see go to see for a social visit come by, drop by, drop in visit informally and spontaneously jubilate celebrate a jubilee jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities party have or participate in a party receive have or give a reception
verb meet by design; be present at the arrival of “Can you meet me at the train station?” see moresee less types: meet up with meet with by appointment type of: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather collect in one place
verb satisfy or fulfill “meet a need” synonyms: cope with, match see moresee less type of: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage come to terms with
verb satisfy a condition or restriction “Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?” synonyms: conform to, fit see moresee less types: show 7 types... hide 7 types... coordinate be co-ordinated fill the bill, fit the bill be what is needed or be good enough for what is required behoove, behove be appropriate or necessary fulfil, fulfill, live up to, satisfy meet the requirements or expectations of accommodate, fit, suit be agreeable or acceptable to answer, do, serve, suffice be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity cover provide for type of: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally be compatible, similar, or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
verb fill or meet a want or need synonyms: fill, fulfil, fulfill, satisfy see moresee less types: show 4 types... hide 4 types... answer be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of appease, quell, stay overcome or allay feed on, feed upon be sustained by allay, assuage, quench, slake satisfy (thirst) type of: cater, ply, provide, supply give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
verb get to know; get acquainted with “I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!” “we met in Singapore”
verb contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle synonyms: encounter, play, take on play participate in games or sport play employ in a game or in a specific position play use or move play shoot or hit in a particular manner see moresee less types: show 5 types... hide 5 types... confront, face oppose, as in hostility or a competition replay repeat a game against the same opponent breast, front confront bodily take the bull by the horns face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it match, oppose, pit, play off set into opposition or rivalry
noun a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held synonyms: sports meeting see moresee less types: show 5 types... hide 5 types... gymkhana a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes race meeting a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track regatta a series of boat races swim meet, swimming meet a swimming competition between two or more teams track meet a track and field competition between two or more teams type of: athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics a contest between athletes
verb undergo or suffer “meet a violent death” synonyms: suffer see moresee less type of: experience, go through, see go or live through
verb experience as a reaction “My proposal met with much opposition” synonyms: encounter, receive see moresee less type of: experience, have undergo
adjective being precisely fitting and right “it is only meet that she should be seated first” synonyms: fitting just used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting

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