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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Verb 1.1.2.1 Derived terms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.1.3 Noun 1.1.3.1 Derived terms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Adjective 1.3 References 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb 2.3 Noun

[ English

[ Etymology 1

Old English mētan

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: mēt, IPA: /miːt/, SAMPA: /mi:t/
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• Rhymes: -iːt
• Homophones: meat, mete

[ Verb

to meet (third-person singular simple present meets, present participle meeting, simple past and past participle met)

1. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.

   Guess who I met at the supermarket today?

   Fancy meeting you here!

2. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

   Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.

   Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?

3. To converge and finally touch or intersect.

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

4. To satisfy; to comply with.

   This proposal meets my requirements.

[ Derived terms

• to meet up

[ Translations

[ Noun

meet (plural meets)

1. A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming.
2. A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting.
3. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross. (Antonym: a pass.)

[ Derived terms

• cornfield meet (train collision)

[ Etymology 2

From O.E. gemæte "suitable, having the same measurements", from the Proto-Germanic root ga-mætijaz (cognate with Dutch meten 'measure', German gemäß "suitable" etc.), itself from collective prefix ga- + Proto-Indo-European root med- "to measure"

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: mēt, IPA: /miːt/, SAMPA: /mi:t/
• Rhymes: -iːt
• Homophones: meat, mete

[ Adjective

meet

1. suitable; right; proper

• For examples of the usage of this word see the citations page.

[ References

• "meet" in thee Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 [1]

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[ Dutch

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[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /met/
• SAMPA: /met/

[ Verb

meet

1. Singular indicative of meten. - measure(s)

[ Noun

meet

1. finish line in a competition