Meet - Definition

adj 1: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that
she should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet]
n 1: a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
[syn: meet, sports meeting]
v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
nice to see you again!" [syn: meet, run into,
encounter, run across, come across, see]
2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: meet,
get together]
3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this
point" [syn: converge, meet] [ant: diverge]
4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: meet, satisfy, fill,
fulfill, fulfil]
5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the
requirements for the degree?" [syn: meet, fit, conform
to]
6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my
dreams" [syn: meet, match, cope with]
7: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
"Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: meet, 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: meet, encounter, play, take on]
11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
opposition" [syn: meet, encounter, receive]
12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a
terrible fate" [syn: suffer, meet]
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, meet, contact]