meet

About 73.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make contact (with someone) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.

   Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?

2. verb To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.

   Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?

3. verb To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

   Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.

4. verb To get acquainted with someone.

   I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.

5. verb To come together. To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.

   I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.

6. verb To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.

   I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.

7. verb To come together in conflict.
8. verb To play a match.

   England and Holland will meet in the final.

Similar words

encounter cope with take on fulfill fitting receive satisfy touch fit fill

Often followed by

the with him in a you them their at

Word family

meeter meeters meeting meetly meets met