meet

CEFRA1

/miːt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To come together with someone or be introduced to them.

  2. 02

    verb

    To satisfy a need, requirement, or standard.

Examples

  • Everyone wants to meet you. You're famous!

  • We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /mit/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.

  2. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.

  3. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

More examples

In context

  • Maybe we'll meet again some time.

  • Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?

  • I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.

Antonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”). Cognates Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot.