meet  /mit/

noun

1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

synset: meet, sports_meeting

verb

1. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

synset: meet, run_into, encounter, run_across, come_across, see

2. get together socially or for a specific purpose

synset: meet, get_together

3. be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"

synset: converge, meet

antonym: diverge

4. fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"; "This job doesn't match my dreams"; "meet a need"

synset: fit, conform_to, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil

5. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

synset: meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather

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

synset: meet

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

synset: meet

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

synset: meet, encounter, play, take_on

9. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

synset: meet, encounter, receive

10. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

synset: suffer, meet

11. 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"

synset: touch, adjoin, meet, contact

adj

1. being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"

synset: fitting, meet



Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.



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