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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. m[ae]ta, 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. 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meet \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meet \Meet\, n. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meet \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS m?te moderate; akin to gemet fit meet metan to mete, and G. m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See {Mete}.] 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: meet adj : being precisely fitting and right [syn: {fitting}] n : a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held [syn: {sports meeting}] v 1: meet "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: {ran into}, {forgather}, {foregather}, {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: of a condition or restriction [syn: {fit}, {conform to}] 6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need" [syn: {match}, {cope with}] 7: collect in one place "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {gather}, {assemble}, {forgather}, {foregather}] 8: get to know get acquainted with "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore" 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: get or come together; "the two lines meet here" 13: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" [syn: {suffer}] 14: be in contact with [syn: {touch}, {adjoin}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Meet {greatest lower bound}
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