1. Get together socially or for a specific purpose
   "Let's meet for coffee";
   - get together
    
2. Accidentally be in the same place and interact with (someone)
   "How nice to meet you again!";
   - run into, encounter, run across, come across, see, bump into
    
3. See by arrangement; be present at the arrival of
   "Can you meet me at the train station?"
    
4. Get to know; get acquainted with
   "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
    
5. (of people) collect in one place
   "Let's meet in the dining room";
   - gather, assemble, forgather, foregather [formal]
    
6. Be adjacent or come together
   "The lines meet at this point";
   - converge
    
7. Obtain something that is wanted, needed or required
   "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"; "meet a need";
   - fit, conform to, satisfy, fill, fulfill [N. Amer], fulfil [Brit, Cdn]
    
8. Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
   "Princeton meets Yale this weekend";
   - encounter, play, take on
    
9. Experience as a reaction
   "My proposal met with much opposition";
   - encounter, receive
    
10. Be in direct physical contact with; make contact
    "The two buildings meet";
    - touch, adjoin, contact
     
11. Undergo or suffer
    "meet a violent death";
    - suffer

1. A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
   "The regional track and field meet attracted athletes from several states";
   - sports meeting

1. Precisely appropriate or right for a situation
   "it is only meet that she should be seated first";
   - fitting

Sounds like: meet

Derived forms: meeting, meets, met

See also: just

Type of: act, arrive, athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics, cater, come, compete, contend, discover, experience, find out, get, get a line [informal], get wind, get word, go through, have, hear, interact, learn, move, pick up, provide, put up, see, supply, undergo, vie

Encyclopedia: Meet