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Definition of Meet

Meet To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand. To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting. Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. Meetly. Related Definitions: Acquaintance, Against, Agree, Also, An, And, Angle, Approach, Appropriate, As, Assemble, Assembling, At, Be, By, Close, Collision, Come, Conflict, Confront, Congregate, Congress, Contact, Convenient, December, Defeated, Demand, Direction, Distinguished, Ear, Encounter, Enemy, Equal, Even, Experience, Eye, Face, Fate, First, Fit, Following, For, Form, From, Front, Harmonize, Have, He, Hence, His, Horrid, Hostile, Hostilely, Hunt, Huntsmen, In, Influence, Intercept, Into, Join, Junction, Knowledge, Meet, Meeting, Meetly, Met, Monday, Mutual, Match, Of, On, One, Opposing, Opposite, Or, Overtaking, Party, Perceive, Perception, Personal, Place, Presence, Proper, Proximity, Purpose, Qualified, Recognition, Relationship, Satisfy, Ship, Sight, So, Street, Suffer, Suitable, Supply, Sweet, The, Them, They, To, Together, Train, Two, Unite, Up, Upon, We, Who, With, Within, Without

Meet Quotations We only part to meet again. John Gay I get to meet a lot of people, and I really like people. Vincent Schiavelli Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. John F. Kennedy If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato

Meet Translations meet in Afrikaans is ontmoet, oplaai, sien, saamgaan meet in Dutch is samenkomen, bijeenkomen, vergaderen meet in Finnish is tavata meet in German is treffen, entsprechen, treffen, begegnen meet in Italian is incontrare meet in Spanish is quedar, encontrar

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