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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | meet, fitting | Precisely fitting and right |
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| NOUN | 1 | meet, sports meeting | A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
| VERB | 1 | meet, ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see | Come together |
| 2 | meet, get together | Get together socially or for a specific purpose | |
| 3 | meet, converge | Be adjacent or come together | |
| 4 | meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil | Fill or meet a want or need | |
| 5 | meet, fit, conform to | Satisfy a condition or restriction | |
| 6 | meet, match, cope with | Satisfy or fulfill | |
| 7 | meet | Get to know | |
| 8 | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place | |
| 9 | meet | Meet by design | |
| 10 | meet, encounter, play, take on | Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | |
| 11 | meet, encounter, receive | Experience as a reaction | |
| 12 | meet, suffer | Undergo or suffer | |
| 13 | meet, touch, adjoin, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Sounds | miy't |
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| Rhymes | aesthete, athlete, backseat, and 73 more rhymes in iyt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Precisely fitting and right. |
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| Examples | "it is only meet that she should be seated first" |
| Synonyms | fitting |
| Similar to | just |
| Meaning | A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held. |
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| Synonyms | sports meeting |
| Parts | track and field |
| Narrower | gymkhana; race meeting; regatta; swimming meet, swim meet; track meet |
| Broader | athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics |
| Verbs | meet; meet |
| Meaning | Come together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "I'll probably see you at the meeting" |
| Synonyms | ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see |
| Narrower | intersect, cross |
| Similar to | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather |
| Nouns | meeting; meeting |
| Meaning | Get together socially or for a specific purpose. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | get together |
| Narrower | pick up; reunite; rendezvous; visit, call in, call; celebrate, fete |
| Nouns | meeting; meet; meeting; meeter |
| Meaning | Be adjacent or come together. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Synonyms | converge |
| Narrower | breast |
| Contrary | diverge; diverge |
| Similar to | touch, adjoin, meet, contact |
| Meaning | Fill or meet a want or need. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil |
| Narrower | answer; quell, stay, appease; feed on, feed upon; quench, slake, allay, assuage |
| Broader | provide, supply, ply, cater |
| Meaning | Satisfy a condition or restriction. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" |
| Synonyms | fit, conform to |
| Narrower | coordinate; fit the bill, fill the bill; behoove, behove; satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to; suit, accommodate, fit |
| Broader | match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree |
| Meaning | Satisfy or fulfill. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "meet a need" |
| Synonyms | match, cope with |
| Broader | cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage |
| Meaning | Get to know. Get acquainted with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam and Sue meet; Sam cannot meet Sue |
| Meaning | Collect in one place. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | The crowds meet in the streets |
| Synonyms | gather, assemble, forgather, foregather |
| Caused by | call; assemble, gather, get together |
| Entailed by | adjourn, withdraw, retire |
| Narrower | group, aggroup; meet; congregate; hive; fort, fort up; convene; cluster, constellate, flock, clump; crowd, crowd together; converge; turn out; caucus; club |
| Broader | interact |
| Similar to | meet, ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see |
| Nouns | meeting; meeting |
| Meaning | Meet by design. Be present at the arrival of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Can you meet me at the train station?" |
| Narrower | meet up with |
| Broader | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather |
| Meaning | Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam and Sue meet; Sam cannot meet Sue |
| Synonyms | encounter, play, take on |
| Entails | compete, vie, contend |
| Narrower | confront, face; replay |
| Similar to | play; play; play; play |
| Nouns | meet |
| Meaning | Experience as a reaction. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | encounter, receive |
| Broader | have, experience |
| Meaning | Undergo or suffer. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "meet a violent death" |
| Synonyms | suffer |
| Broader | experience, undergo, see, go through |
| Meaning | Be in direct physical contact with. Make contact. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Model | Our properties meet at this point; His fields meet mine at this point |
| Synonyms | touch, adjoin, contact |
| Narrower | cover, spread over; cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere; rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch; attach; hug; border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on; surround, skirt, border; lean on, rest on, lean against |
| Similar to | converge, meet |