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Meet Met Transitive Gelmek Past Bir Araya Intransitive

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Kind verb
Front meet 
IPA  /miːt   / verb (past tense, past participle met /met   /)
Back karşılaşmak, bir araya gelmek
tanışmak, tanımak
Back 2

meet (verb)

 /miːt   / verb (past tense, past participle met /met   /)
 
COME TOGETHER
1 [intransitive, transitive]
to come together by chance or because you have arranged it
karşılaşmak, bir araya gelmek
 I just met Kareem on the train.
 What time shall we meet for lunch?
 Representatives from both countries will meet for talks in London.
 2 [transitive]
to go to a place and wait for sb/sth to arrive
karşılamak
 I'll come and meet you at the station.
 A coach will meet your plane and take you to your hotel.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
3 [intransitive, transitive]
to see and know sb for the first time
tanışmak, tanımak
 Where did you first meet your husband?
 Have you two met before?
 note at KNOW1
IN COMPETITION
4 [intransitive, transitive]
to play, fight, etc. together as opponents in a sports competition
 (müsabakada) karşı karşıya gelmek
 These two teams met in last year's final.
 Yamada will meet Suzuki in the second round.
EXPERIENCE STH
5 [transitive]
to experience sth, often sth unpleasant
karşılaşmak
 We will never know how he met his death.
JOIN
6 [intransitive, transitive]
to touch, join or make contact with
birleşmek;
kavuşmak
 The two roads meet not far from here.
 His eyes met hers.
BE ENOUGH
7 [transitive]
to be enough for sth; to be able to deal with sth
yetişmek, karşılamak;
yerine getirmek
 The money that I earn is enough to meet our basic needs.
 I'm afraid this piece of work doesn't meet the requirements.
 to meet a challenge
IDIOMS
make ends meet
to have enough money for your needs
kıt kanaat geçinmek, iki yakasını bir araya getirebilmek
 It's hard for us to make ends meet.
there is more to sb/sth than meets the eye
sb/sth is more interesting or complicated than he/she/it seems
göründüğü gibi değil
 Do you think there's more to their relationship than meets the eye?
PHRASAL VERBS
meet up (with sb)
(informal)
to meet sb, especially after a period of being apart
buluşmak
 I have a few things I need to do now, but let's meet up later.
 look at get together (with sb)
meet with sb
(especially US)
to meet sb, especially for discussion
bir araya gelmek;
toplanmak
 The President met with his advisers early this morning.
meet with sth
to get a particular answer, reaction or result
uğramak, başına gelmek, olmak
 to meet with success/failure/opposition
 

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