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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Met} (m[e^]t); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Meeting}.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t,
gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel.
maeta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. 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.
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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.
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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.
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His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi.
34.
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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.
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Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.
--Pope.
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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.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mete \Mete\, v. i. & t. [imp. {Mette}; p. p. {Met}.] [AS.
m?tan.]
To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.]
"I mette of him all night." --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Met \Met\,
imp. & p. p. of {Meet}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Met \Met\, obs.
imp. & p. p. of {Mete}, to measure. --Chapman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Met \Met\, obs.
p. p. of {Mete}, to dream. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Meta- \Met"a-\, Met- \Met-\ [Gr. meta` between, with, after;
akin to AS. mid with, G. mit, Goth. mi[thorn], 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.
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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.
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3. A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics,
metalanguage.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
meet
adj : being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she
should be seated first" [syn: {fitting}]
n : a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
[syn: {sports meeting}]
v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
nice to see you again!" [syn: {ran into}, {encounter}, {run
across}, {come across}, {see}]
2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: {get
together}]
3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this
point" [syn: {converge}] [ant: {diverge}, {diverge}]
4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: {satisfy}, {fill}, {fulfill},
{fulfil}]
5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet
the requirements for the degree?" [syn: {fit}, {conform to}]
6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match
my dreams" [syn: {match}, {cope with}]
7: get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really
handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
8: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
"Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {gather}, {assemble},
{forgather}, {foregather}]
9: meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet
me at the train station?"
10: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to
play Mary" [syn: {encounter}, {play}, {take on}]
11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
opposition" [syn: {encounter}, {receive}]
12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a
terrible fate" [syn: {suffer}]
13: 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" [syn: {touch}, {adjoin}, {contact}]
[also: {met}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
met
See {meet}
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MET
Memory Enhancement Technology (HP), "MEt"
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MET
Middle European Time [+0100] (TZ, CET, METDST, MEZ)
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