meet
meet is a 4-letter English word with 27 senses as transitive verb, noun, adjective, adverb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.
- transitive verb. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.
- transitive verb. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
- noun. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
- adjective. Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
- adverb. Meetly.
- noun. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- verb. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"
"Charlie likes to play Mary"
- verb. fill or meet a want or need
- verb. be in direct physical contact with; make contact
"The two buildings touch"
"Their hands touched"
- verb. meet by design; be present at the arrival of
"Can you meet me at the train station?"
- verb. come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"
"How nice to see you again!"
- verb. undergo or suffer
"meet a violent death"
"suffer a terrible fate"
- verb. collect in one place
"We assembled in the church basement"
"Let's gather in the dining room"
- verb. get together socially or for a specific purpose
- verb. satisfy or fulfill
"meet a need"
"this job doesn't match my dreams"
- verb. get to know; get acquainted with
"I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"
"we met in Singapore"
- verb. satisfy a condition or restriction
"Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
- verb. be adjacent or come together
"The lines converge at this point"
- verb. experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"
- adjective. being precisely fitting and right
"it is only meet that she should be seated first"
Synonyms
encounter, play, fill, fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, adjoin, contact, touch, see, suffer, assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, match, fit, converge, receive, fitting
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in meet:
Common word forms
meets, meeten, meeter, meetly, meeting, meetable, meetness
Words from these letters
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