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meet¹ verb (met, meeting) 1 tr & intr to be introduced to someone for the first time. 2 tr & intr a (also meet up with someone or US meet with someone) to come together with them by chance or by arrangement; b said of two people, groups, etc: to come together, either by chance or arrangement. 3 to be present at the arrival of (a vehicle, etc) • met the train. 4 tr & intr (often meet with something) to come into opposition against it • My plan met with fierce resistance. 5 tr & intr to join; to come into contact with something • where the path meets the road. 6 to satisfy • meet your requirements. 7 to pay • meet costs. 8 to come into the view, experience or presence of something • the sight that met my eyes. 9 (also meet with something) to encounter or experience it • met his death • met with disaster. 10 (also meet with something) to receive it • My suggestions met with approval. noun 1 the assembly of hounds and huntsmen and huntswomen before a fox-hunt begins. 2 a sporting event, especially a series of athletics competitions. meet someone halfway to come to a compromise with them; to be willing to make some concessions to them, so that an agreement can be reached when they do the same. more than meets the eye or ear more complicated, interesting, etc than it first appears or sounds.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon metan.

meet² adj, old use proper, correct or suitable. meetly adverb correctly; suitably.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon gemæte.