Meet Met I Meeting Miːt Extra Examples Place

• maybe we'll meet again some time.
• did you meet anyone in town?
• i've never met anyone like her.
• a year or so later i happened to meet him again.

meet

Verb Forms

1. to be in the same place as somebody by chance and talk to them
• Maybe we'll meet again some time.
• Did you meet anyone in town?
• I've never met anyone like her.
• A year or so later I happened to meet him again.
• I hope we'll meet again soon.
2. to come together formally in order to discuss something
• The committee meets on Fridays.
• The Prime Minister met other European leaders for talks.
• The President met with senior White House aides.
• The evening gave collectors the opportunity to meet with leading art dealers.
• They met to discuss the project while both were in Paris.
3. to come together socially after you have arranged it
• The town needs a space where young people can meet.
• Let's meet for a drink after work.
• We're meeting them outside the theatre at 7.
• I met a friend for a walk round the lake.

Extra Examples

• The three sisters rarely meet in person, but spend hours on the phone.
• We met the next day at a local bar.
• I arranged to meet her for lunch.
4. to go to a place and wait there for a particular person or thing to arrive
• Will you meet me at the airport?
• The hotel bus meets all incoming flights.
• I met him off the train.
5. to see and know somebody for the first time; to be introduced to somebody
• I don't think we've met.
• Where did you first meet your husband?
• Pleased to meet you (= when you first meet somebody).
• Nice meeting you (= when you leave somebody after meeting them for the first time).
• There's someone I want you to meet.
• Have you met Miranda?
• I love meeting people.
• When these two finally met, the connection was electric.
• the place where they had first met
• an interactive site where people can meet online
• Jasper Johns worked at various jobs before meeting Rauschenberg in 1954.
6. to do or satisfy what is needed or what somebody asks for
• SYNONYM fulfil
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fulfil
• How can we best meet the needs of all the different groups?
• The airport must be expanded to meet demand.
• He had failed to meet his performance targets.
• to meet a challenge/goal
• The oil industry is working to meet clean air requirements.
• Patients were included in the study if they met the following criteria.
• 50% of the candidates failed to meet the standard required.
• Until these conditions are met, we cannot proceed with the sale.
• I can't possibly meet that deadline.

Extra Examples

• California faces a further round of rolling blackouts today as the state struggles to meet demand for electrical power.
• The workforce work extremely hard to ensure all boats meet the exacting demands of the customer.
• Local authorities also have an important role to play in meeting the rural housing challenge.
• It's not a matter of meeting a short-term financial goal.
7. to play, fight, etc. together as opponents in a competition
• Smith and Jones met in last year's final.
• Smith met Jones in last year's final.
8. to experience something, often something unpleasant
• SYNONYM come across
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/come_1
• Others have met similar problems.
• How she met her death will probably never be known.
• They were determined to meet the challenge head-on.
9. to touch something; to join
• The curtains don't meet in the middle.
• That's where the river meets the sea.
• His hand met hers.
10. to pay something
• The cost will be met by the company.

Extra Examples

• Many families on these estates are struggling to meet their financial commitments.
• The company will meet the cost of the journey.
• The school had to sell off its playing fields to meet its debt repayments.
11. to meet somebody who is equal to or even better than you in strength, skill or intelligence
• He thought he could beat anyone at chess but he’s met his match in Peter.

Extra Examples

• I think he's finally met his match in Lisa.
• She knew she had met her match and tried to retreat.
12. to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need
• Many families struggle to make ends meet.
13. if you meet somebody’s eye(s), you look directly at them as they look at you; if two people’s eyes meet, they look directly at each other
• She was afraid to meet my eye.
• Their eyes met across the crowded room.
• She met his gaze without flinching.
14. if a sight meets your eyes, you see it
• A terrible sight met their eyes.
15. to reach an agreement with somebody by giving them part of what they want
• If he was prepared to apologize, the least she could do was meet him halfway and accept some of the blame.
16. to die
17. used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together
18. a person or thing is more complicated or interesting than you might think at first
19. the point at which something is tested and you really find out whether it is successful or true
• Here's where the rubber meets the road: will consumers actually buy the product?

Word Origin

• Old English mētan ‘come upon’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeten, also to moot.