meet

Adjective

• being precisely fitting and right
  • it is only meet that she should be seated first
    

Noun

• a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Verb

• 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
    

• undergo or suffer
  • meet a violent death
    
  • suffer a terrible fate
    

• experience as a reaction
  • My proposal met with much opposition
    

• contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
  • Princeton plays Yale this weekend
    
  • Charlie likes to play Mary
    

• meet by design; be present at the arrival of
  • Can you meet me at the train station?
    

• get to know; get acquainted with
  • I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!
    
  • we met in Singapore
    

• collect in one place
  • We assembled in the church basement
    
  • Let's gather in the dining room
    

• satisfy or fulfill
  • meet a need
    
  • this job doesn't match my dreams
    

• satisfy a condition or restriction
  • Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?
    

• fill or meet a want or need

• be adjacent or come together
  • The lines converge at this point
    

• get together socially or for a specific purpose

• come together
  • I'll probably see you at the meeting
    
  • How nice to see you again!
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fitting , sports meeting , touch , adjoin , contact , suffer , encounter , receive , play , take on , gather , assemble , forgather , foregather , match , cope with , fit , conform to , satisfy , fill , fulfill , fulfil , converge , get together , run into , run across , come across , see