meet, encounter, play, take on
(verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; “Princeton plays Yale this weekend”; “Charlie likes to play Mary”
fit, conform to, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
(verb) fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; “does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?”; “This job doesn’t match my dreams”; “meet a need”
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
(verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact; “The two buildings touch”; “Their hands touched”; “The wire must not contact the metal cover”; “The surfaces contact at this point”
meet
(verb) meet by design; be present at the arrival of; “Can you meet me at the train station?”
meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
(verb) come together; “I’ll probably see you at the meeting”; “How nice to see you again!”
suffer, meet
(verb) undergo or suffer; “meet a violent death”; “suffer a terrible fate”
meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(verb) collect in one place; “We assembled in the church basement”; “Let’s gather in the dining room”
meet, get together
(verb) get together socially or for a specific purpose
meet
(verb) get to know; get acquainted with; “I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!”; “we met in Singapore”
converge, meet
(verb) be adjacent or come together; “The lines converge at this point”
meet, encounter, receive
(verb) experience as a reaction; “My proposal met with much opposition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Met
(London) The London Underground Metropolitan Line
(London, historical) The Metropolitan Railway
(London, law enforcement, usually with "the") The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS)
(US, with "the") The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
(New York, arts, with "the") The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.
• (3) Metropol
• (1, 2) Metropolitan
Met (plural Mets)
(London, informal) A Metropolitan Line train
(baseball) A player for the New York Mets
• EMT, MTE, TEM
met
simple past tense and past participle of meet
met
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of mete (to measure)
met (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past met, past participle -)
(obsolete) To dream.
• Met is a defective, impersonal verb, and as such it only occurs in the past tense, for example
Me met that I was walking in a wondrous wood where a thousand wild wolfins live. (I dreamt that I was walking in a wondrous forest where a thousand wild she-wolves live)
• In Old English and Middle English this verb was not defective and was used both personally and impersonally. However, in northern rural dialects, where it is still in use, this verb only occurs in the past tense and in impersonal constructions.
• EMT, MTE, TEM
MET (uncountable)
Metabolic Equivalent of Task, or simply metabolic equivalent, a measure of the intensity of aerobic exercise
Methylethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic tryptamine.
Methionine, an essential nonpolar amino acid.
The gene symbol for C-Met, a proto-oncogene in human biology.
Mesenchymal-epithelial transition, the reverse of epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy, used in treatment of drug abuse and mental illness to help people in denial accept treatment.
Muscle Energy Technique, a neuromuscular protocol used in osteopathy, physical therapy, and massage therapy.
Mission Elapsed Time.
Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled handcart used on the Apollo 14 manned mission to the Moon.
• EMT, MTE, TEM
Source: Wiktionary
Met, imp. & p. p.
Definition: of Meet.
Met, obs. imp. & p. p.
Definition: of Mete, to measure. Chapman.
Met, obs. p. p.
Definition: of Mete, to dream. Chaucer.
Met"a-, Met-. Etym: [Gr. mid with, G. mit, Goth. miĂž, E. mid, in midwife.]
1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.
2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting: (a) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (b) (Organic Chem.) That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-. (c) (Inorganic Chem.) Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; -- said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively. at a level above, as metaphysics, metalanguage.
Meet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met; p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.] Etym: [OE. meten, AS. m, fr. m, gem, a meeting; akin to OS. m to meet, Icel. mæta, Goth. gam. See Moot, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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. His daughter came out to meet him. Judg. xi. 34.
4. 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. Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. Pope.
5. 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 meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.
Meet, v. t.
1. 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. O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined ! Milton.
2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict. Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. Milton.
3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December. They . . . appointed a day to meet together. 2. Macc. xiv. 21.
4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite. To meet with. (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of unexpectedness. We met with many things worthy of observation. Bacon. (b) To join; to unite in company. Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss. (d) To encounter; to be subjected to. Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. Rowe. (e) To obviate. [Obs.] Bacon.
Meet, n.
Definition: An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
Meet, a. Etym: [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. mässig moderate, gemäss fitting. See Mete.]
Definition: Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. It was meet that we should make merry. Luke xv. 32. To be meet with, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]
Meet, adv.
Definition: Meetly. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
