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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MEET, a. [L. convenio.] Fit; suitable; proper; qualified; convenient; adapted, as to a use or purpose.
Ye shall pass over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. Deutoronomy 3.
It was meet that we should make merry--Luke 15.
Bring forth fruits meet for repentance. Matthew 3.
MEET, v.t. pret. and pp. met. [Gr. with.]
1. To come together, approaching in opposite or different directions; to come face to face; as, to meet a man in the road.
His daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances. Judges 11.
2. To come together in any place; as, we met many strangers at the levee.
3. To come together in hostility; to encounter. The armies met on the plains of Pharsalia.
4. To encounter unexpectedly.
5. To come together in extension; to come in contact; to join. The line A meets the line B and forms an angle.
6. To come to; to find; to light on; to receive. The good man meets his reward; the criminal in due time meets the punishment he deserves.
Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.
MEET, v.i. To come together or to approach near, or into company with. How pleasant it is for friends to meet on the road; still more pleasant to meet in a foreign country.
1. To come together in hostility; to encounter. The armies met at Waterloo, and decided the fate of Buonaparte.
2. To assemble; to congregate. The council met at 10 o'clock. The legislature will meet on the first Wednesday in the month.
3. To come together by being extended; to come in contact; to join. Two converging lines will meet in a point.
To meet with; to light on; to find; to come to; often with the sense of an unexpected event.
We met with many things worthy of observation.
1. To join; to unite in company.
Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us.
2. To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss.
3. To encounter; to engage in opposition.
Royal mistress,
Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury
From the fierce prince.
4. To obviate; a Latinism.
To meet half way, to approach from an equal distance and meet; metaphorically, to make mutual and equal concessions, each party renouncing some pretensions.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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1: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet] n
1: a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held [syn: meet, sports meeting] v
1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see]
2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: meet, get together]
3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" [syn: converge, meet] [ant: diverge]
4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil]
5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" [syn: meet, fit, conform to]
6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" [syn: meet, match, cope with]
7: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather]
8: get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
9: meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
10: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" [syn: meet, encounter, play, take on]
11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: meet, encounter, receive]
12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" [syn: suffer, meet]
13: 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" [syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (met; meeting) Etymology: Middle English meten, from Old English m?tan; akin to Old English gem?t assembly — more at moot Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to come into the presence of ; find b. to come together with especially at a particular time or place <I'll meet you at the station> c. to come into contact or conjunction with ; join d. to appear to the perception of 2. to encounter as antagonist or foe ; oppose 3. to enter into conference, argument, or personal dealings with 4. to conform to especially with exactitude and precision <a concept to meet all requirements> 5. to pay fully ; settle 6. to cope with <was able to meet every social situation> 7. to provide for <enough money to meet our needs> 8. to become acquainted with 9. encounter, experience 10. to receive or greet in an official capacity intransitive verb 1. a. to come face-to-face b. to come together for a common purpose ; assemble c. to come together as contestants, opponents, or enemies 2. to form a junction or confluence <the lines meet in a point> 3. to occur together • meeter noun II. noun Date: 1804 1. the act of assembling for a hunt or for competitive sports 2. a competition in which individuals match skills III. adjective Etymology: Middle English mete, from Old English gem?te; akin to Old English metan to mete Date: 14th century precisely adapted to a particular situation, need, or circumstance ; very proper Synonyms: see fit • meetly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. met) 1 a tr. encounter (a person or persons) by accident or design; come face to face with. b intr. (of two or more people) come into each other's company by accident or design (decided to meet on the bridge). 2 tr. go to a place to be present at the arrival of (a person, train, etc.). 3 a tr. (of a moving object, line, feature of landscape, etc.) come together or into contact with (where the road meets the flyover). b intr. come together or into contact (where the sea and the sky meet). 4 a tr. make the acquaintance of (delighted to meet you). b intr. (of two or more people) make each other's acquaintance. 5 intr. & tr. come together or come into contact with for the purposes of conference, business, worship, etc. (the committee meets every week; the union met management yesterday). 6 tr. a (of a person or a group) deal with or answer (a demand, objection, etc.) (met the original proposal with hostility). b satisfy or conform with (proposals, deadlines, a person, etc.) (agreed to meet the new terms; did my best to meet them on that point). 7 tr. pay (a bill etc.); provide the funds required by (a cheque etc.) (meet the cost of the move). 8 tr. & (foll. by with) intr. experience, encounter, or receive (success, disaster, a difficulty, etc.) (met their death; met with many problems). 9 tr. oppose in battle, contest, or confrontation. 10 intr. (of clothes, curtains, etc.) join or fasten correctly (my jacket won't meet). --n. 1 the assembly of riders and hounds for a hunt. 2 the assembly of competitors for various sporting activities, esp. athletics. Phrases and idioms: make ends meet see END. meet the case be adequate. meet the eye (or the ear) be visible (or audible). meet a person's eye check if another person is watching and look into his or her eyes in return. meet a person half way make a compromise, respond in a friendly way to the advances of another person. meet up colloq. happen to meet. meet with 1 see sense 8 of v. 2 receive (a reaction) (met with the committee's approval). 3 esp. US = sense 1a of v. more in it than meets the eye hidden qualities or complications. Derivatives: meeter n. Etymology: OE metan f. Gmc: cf. MOOT 2. adj. archaic suitable, fit, proper. Derivatives: meetly adv. meetness n. Etymology: ME (i)mete repr. OE gemæte f. Gmc, rel. to METE(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meet Meet (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m[e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel. m[ae]ta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See Moot, v. t.] 1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking. 2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents. 3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear. His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi. 34. 4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate. Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope. 5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand. To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meet Meet, v. t. 1. To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle. O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined ! --Milton. 2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict. Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton. 3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December. They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2. Macc. xiv. 21. 4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite. To meet with. (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of unexpectedness. We met with many things worthy of observation. --Bacon. (b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss. (d) To encounter; to be subjected to. Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. --Rowe. (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meet Meet, n. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meet Meet, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m?te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See Mete.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. It was meet that we should make merry. --Luke xv. 32. To be meet with, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meet Meet (m[=e]t), adv. Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(meets, meeting, met) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you meet someone, you happen to be in the same place as them and start talking to them. You may know the other person, but be surprised to see them, or you may not know them at all. I have just met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with... He's the kindest and sincerest person I've ever met... We met by chance. V-RECIP: V n, V n, pl-n V • Meet up means the same as meet. When he was in the supermarket, he met up with a buddy he had at Oxford... They met up in 1956, when they were both young schoolboys. PHRASAL VERB: V P with n, pl-n V P 2. If two or more people meet, they go to the same place, which they have earlier arranged to do, so that they can talk or do something together. We could meet for a drink after work... Meet me down at the beach tomorrow, at 6am sharp. V-RECIP: pl-n V, V n • Meet up means the same as meet. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week... My intention was to have a holiday and meet up with old friends. PHRASAL VERB: pl-n V P, V P with n 3. If you meet someone, you are introduced to them and begin talking to them and getting to know them. Hey, Terry, come and meet my Dad. VERB: V n 4. You use meet in expressions such as 'Pleased to meet you' and 'Nice to have met you' when you want to politely say hello or goodbye to someone you have just met for the first time. 'Jennifer,' Miss Mallory said, 'this is Leigh Van-Voreen.'—'Pleased to meet you,' Jennifer said... I have to leave. Nice to have met you. VERB: V n, V n [formulae] 5. If you meet someone off their train, plane, or bus, you go to the station, airport, or bus stop in order to be there when they arrive. Mama met me at the station... Lili and my father met me off the boat... Kurt's parents weren't able to meet our plane so we took a taxi. VERB: V n prep/adv, V n off n, V n 6. When a group of people such as a committee meet, they gather together for a particular purpose. Officials from the two countries will meet again soon to resume negotiations... The commission met 14 times between 1988 and 1991. VERB: V, V 7. If you meet with someone, you have a meeting with them. (mainly AM) Most of the lawmakers who met with the president yesterday said they backed the mission. VERB: V with n 8. If something such as a suggestion, proposal, or new book meets with or is met with a particular reaction, it gets that reaction from people. The idea met with a cool response from various quarters... Reagan's speech was met with incredulity in the US. VERB: V with n, V n with n 9. If something meets a need, requirement, or condition, it is good enough to do what is required. The current arrangements for the care of severely mentally ill people are inadequate to meet their needs... Out of the original 23,000 applications, 16,000 candidates meet the entry requirements. = satisfy VERB: V n, V n 10. If you meet something such as a problem or challenge, you deal with it satisfactorily or do what is required. They had worked heroically to meet the deadline. VERB: V n 11. If you meet the cost of something, you provide the money that is needed for it. The government said it will help meet some of the cost of the damage... As your income increases you will find less difficulty in finding the money to meet your monthly repayments. VERB: V n, V n 12. If you meet a situation, attitude, or problem, you experience it or become aware of it. I honestly don't know how I will react the next time I meet a potentially dangerous situation... = come across, encounter VERB: V n 13. You can say that someone meets with success or failure when they are successful or unsuccessful. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure... VERB: V with n 14. When a moving object meets another object, it hits or touches it. You sense the stresses in the hull each time the keel meets the ground... Nick's head bent slowly over hers until their mouths met. V-RECIP: V n, pl-n V 15. If your eyes meet someone else's, you both look at each other at the same time. (WRITTEN) Nina's eyes met her sisters' across the table... I found myself smiling back instinctively when our eyes met. V-RECIP: V n, pl-n V 16. If two areas meet, especially two areas of land or sea, they are next to one another. It is one of the rare places in the world where the desert meets the sea. ...the southernmost point of South America where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet. V-RECIP: V n, pl-n V 17. The place where two lines meet is the place where they join together. Parallel lines will never meet no matter how far extended... The track widened as it met the road. V-RECIP: pl-n V, V n 18. If two sportsmen, teams, or armies meet, they compete or fight against one another. The two women will meet tomorrow in the final... ...when England last met the Aussies in a cricket Test match. V-RECIP: pl-n V, V n 19. A meet is an event in which athletes come to a particular place in order to take part in a race or races. John Pennel became the first person to pole-vault 17 ft., at a meet in Miami, Florida. N-COUNT 20. If you do not meet someone's eyes or meet someone's gaze, you do not look at them although they are looking at you, for example because you are ashamed. He hesitated, then shook his head, refusing to meet her eyes. PHRASE: V inflects 21. If someone meets their death or meets their end, they die, especially in a violent or suspicious way. (WRITTEN) Jacob Sinclair met his death at the hands of a soldier... PHRASE: V inflects 22. to make ends meet: see end there's more to this than meets the eye: see eye to meet someone's eyes: see eye to meet someone halfway: see halfway to meet your match: see match

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

met, adjective (yashar; axios): Various words are employed to express meetness, the sense of what is proper, worthy, or fit. We have yashar, "straight," "upright," "right" (2Ki 10:3, "meetest"; Jer 26:14, the Revised Version (British and American) "right"); yashar (Jer 27:5, the Revised Version (British and American) "right"); yosher (Pr 11:24, the Revised Version margin "what is justly due"); 'arikh, Aramaic "meet" (Ezr 4:14); bene, "sons of" (De 3:18, the King James Version "meet for the war," margin "Hebrew sons of power," the Revised Version (British and American) "men of valor"); kun, "to be right" etc. (Ex 8:26); `asah "to be made," "used" (Eze 15:5 twice, the Revised Version margin "made into"), tsaleach, "to be good or fit for" (Eze 15:4, the Revised Version (British and American) "profitable"); ra'ah, "seen," "looked out," "chosen" (Es 2:9); axios, "worthy" (Mt 3:8; Ac 26:20, the Revised Version (British and American) "worthy"; 1Co 16:4; 2Th 1:3); dikaios, "just," "right" (Php 1:7 the Revised Version (British and American) "right"; 2Pe 1:13 the Revised Version (British and American) "right"); euthetos, "we set" (Heb 6:7); euchrestos, "very useful," "profitable" (2Ti 2:21, "meet for the master's use"); hikanos, "sufficient" (1Co 15:9); hikanoo, "to make sufficient" (Col 1:12); kalos, "beautiful," "honest" (Mt 15:26; Mr 7:27); dei "it behooveth" (Lu 15:32; Ro 1:27, the Revised Version (British and American) "due"). For "meet" (supplied) (Jud 5:30), the Revised Version (British and American) has "on"; for "Surely it is meet to be said unto God" (Job 34:31), "For hath any said unto God?" In 2 Macc 9:12, we have dikaios, the Revised Version (British and American) "right."

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Fit, proper, fitting, befitting, suitable, suited, adapted, appropriate, qualified, convenient. II. v. a. 1. Come together (from opposite directions). 2. Confront, encounter, come up to face to face, engage. 3. Find, meet with, light on, fall upon, fall in with, happen upon, get, gain, receive. 4. Fulfil, comply with, satisfy, gratify, answer. III. v. n. 1. Come together, come face to face, join each other. 2. Encounter one another, join battle. 3. Unite, join, converge. 4. Assemble, congregate, muster, collect, come together, meet together.

Moby Thesaurus

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