Met

10 definitions found

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)