meet
sports meeting | a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
swimming meet
swim meet | a swimming competition between two or more teams |
| track meet | a track and field competition between two or more teams |
meet
encounter
play take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle, Princeton plays Yale this weekend, Charlie likes to play Mary |
meet
satisfy fill fulfill
fulfil | fill or meet a want or need |
touch adjoin meet
contact | 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 | meet by design, be present at the arrival of, Can you meet me at the train station? |
| meet up with | meet with by appointment, She met up with her former lover |
meet run into encounter
run across
come across
see | come together, I'll probably see you at the meeting, How nice to see you again! |
| suffer meet | undergo or suffer, meet a violent death, suffer a terrible fate |
meet
gather
assemble
forgather
foregather | collect in one place, We assembled in the church basement, Let's gather in the dining room |
| meet get together | get together socially or for a specific purpose |
meet match
cope with | satisfy or fulfill, meet a need, this job doesn't match my dreams |
| meet | get to know, get acquainted with, I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!, we met in Singapore |
| meet fit conform to | satisfy a condition or restriction, Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree? |
converge
meet | be adjacent or come together, The lines converge at this point |
meet
encounter receive | experience as a reaction, My proposal met with much opposition |
fitting
meet | being precisely fitting and right, it is only meet that she should be seated first |