meet

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   being precisely fitting and right

   It is only meet that the guest of honor should be seated first.

2. 2
   verb

   come together

   I'll probably see you at the meeting

3. 3
   verb

   undergo or suffer

   meet a violent death

4. 4
   verb

   satisfy or fulfill

   meet a need

5. 5
   verb

   satisfy a condition or restriction

   Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?

6. 6
   verb

   To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.

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

7. 7
   verb

   To come together.

   I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.

8. 8
   verb

   To make physical or perceptual contact.

   The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.

Etymology

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…