met

CEFRB1

/mɛt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past tense of meet: came together with someone or satisfied a need.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To dream; to occur (to one) in a dream.

Examples

  • "Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.

  • Leaders of industry and commerce met at the summit in Paris.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. simple past and past participle of meet

  2. simple past and past participle of mete (to measure)

More examples

In context

  • You met him at the university?

  • All night me met eke that I was at Kirke.

  • Then Hector, Priam’s martial son, stepp’d forth, and met the ground, With wise Ulysses, where the blows of combat must resound;

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

She blank her old friend at the coffee shop as they had agreed.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English meten (“to dream”), from Old English mætan (“to dream”).