Definition of meets Meets
/miˈts/ - [meets] -
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Wiktionary 
- meets (Noun)
Plural of meet.
Part of speech
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| meet - a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held | ||
| sports meeting | ||
| athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics a contest between athletes | ||
| track and field participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it | ||
| gymkhana a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes | ||
| race meeting a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track; "the Epsom race meeting was an important social event" | ||
| regatta a meeting for boat races | ||
| swim meet, swimming meet a swimming competition between two or more teams | ||
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| meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" | ||
| gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | ||
| run across, run into, come across, encounter, meet, see collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" | ||
| interact act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" | ||
| aggroup, group arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" | ||
| meet contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" | ||
| congregate come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve" | ||
| hive gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm" | ||
| fort up, fort station (troops) in a fort | ||
| convene meet formally; "The council convened last week" | ||
| cluster, flock, constellate, clump come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" | ||
| crowd together, crowd to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" | ||
| converge come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power" | ||
| turn out come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?" | ||
| caucus meet to select a candidate or promote a policy | ||
| club gather into a club-like mass; "club hair" | ||
| meet - fill or meet a want or need | ||
| satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil | ||
| cater, supply, ply, provide supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets | ||
| answer understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" | ||
| quell, appease, stay overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" | ||
| feed on, feed upon be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor" | ||
| allay, assuage, slake, quench make less active or intense | ||
| meet - contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" | ||
| encounter, play, take on | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| compete, vie, contend compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | ||
| confront, face deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| replay play again; "We replayed the game"; "replay a point" | ||
| meet - get together socially or for a specific purpose | ||
| get together | ||
| pick up lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" | ||
| reunite have a reunion; unite again | ||
| rendezvous meet at a rendezvous | ||
| call in, visit, call make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick" | ||
| fete, celebrate have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" | ||
| meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" | ||
| fit, conform to | ||
| gibe, jibe, correspond, tally, agree, fit, match, check shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" | ||
| coordinate bring into common action, movement, or condition; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts" | ||
| fill the bill, fit the bill be what is needed or be good enough for what is required; "Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?" | ||
| behoove, behove be appropriate or necessary; "It behooves us to reflect on this matter" | ||
| live up to, fulfil, fulfill, satisfy make happy or satisfied | ||
| suit, accommodate, fit be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" | ||
| meet - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" | ||
| run into, encounter, run across, come across, see | ||
| foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" | ||
| intersect, cross meet at a point | ||
| meet - experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" | ||
| encounter, receive | ||
| experience, have go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" | ||
| meet - meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?" | ||
| foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" | ||
| meet up with meet with by appointment; "She met up with her former lover" | ||
| meet - satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" | ||
| match, cope with | ||
| cope, make do, grapple, get by, contend, manage, make out, deal come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" | ||
| meet - get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore" | ||
| meet - 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" | ||
| touch, adjoin, contact | ||
| spread over, cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| cleave, cling, cohere, adhere, stick separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" | ||
| fray, rub, chafe, scratch, fret wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" | ||
| attach be attached; be in contact with | ||
| hug fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips" | ||
| abut, butt on, butt against, adjoin, butt, edge, border, march attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter" | ||
| environ, skirt, surround, border, ring pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast" | ||
| lean against, lean on, rest on rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired" | ||
| converge, meet come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power" | ||
| meet - be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" | ||
| converge | ||
| diverge move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" | ||
| diverge move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" | ||
| contact, adjoin, meet, touch attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter" | ||
| breast meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape" | ||
| meet - undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" | ||
| suffer | ||
| experience, go through, see go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" | ||
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Wiktionary
- meet (Noun)
A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming. - meet (Noun)
A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting. - meet (Noun)
A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross. - meet (Noun)
A meeting. - meet (Noun)
The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧. - meet (Noun)
An act of French kissing someone. - meet (Verb)
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. - meet (Verb)
To come face to face with someone by arrangement. - meet (Verb)
To be introduced to someone. - meet (Verb)
To converge and finally touch or intersect. - meet (Verb)
To gather for a formal discussion. - meet (Verb)
To satisfy; to comply with. - meet (Verb)
To touch or hit something while moving. - meet (Verb)
To adjoin, be physically touching. - meet (Verb)
To come together in conflict. - meet (Verb)
To play a match. - meet (Verb)
To meet face-to-face. - meet (Verb)
To French kiss someone. - meet (Adjective)
suitable; right; proper.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- meet (v. t.)
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. - meet (v. t.)
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. - meet (v. t.)
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. - meet (v. t.)
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. - meet (v. t.)
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. - meet (v. t.)
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. - meet (v. t.)
To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict. - meet (v. t.)
To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December. - meet (v. t.)
To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite. - meet (n.)
An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting. - meet (a.)
Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. - meet (adv.)
Meetly.
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To collect in one place, usually for a purpose. -
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To come together with someone by accident. -
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To get together socially or for a specific purpose at a given place and time. -
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To satisfy or fulfill (e.g. a job or a need). -
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To contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. -
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To satisfy a condition or restriction.
