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[noun] a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
[adjective] being precisely fitting and right
[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"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
[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] of a condition or restriction
[verb] be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
[verb] experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
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\Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Met} (m[e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Meeting}.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel. m[ae]ta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See {Moot}, v. t.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi. 34. 4. 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. Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope. 5. 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. {To meet half way}, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.
\Meet\, v. t. 1. 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. O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined ! --Milton. 2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict. Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton. 3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December. They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2. Macc. xiv. 21. 4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite. {To meet with}.
(a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of unexpectedness. We met with many things worthy of observation. --Bacon.
(b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak.
(c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss.
(d) To encounter; to be subjected to. Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. --Rowe.
(e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.
\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. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m?te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See {Mete}.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. It was meet that we should make merry. --Luke xv. 32. {To be meet with}, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]
\Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv. Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.

Synonyms for meet

adjoin, assemble, come across, conform to, contact, converge, cope with, encounter, encounter, encounter, fill, fit, fitting, foregather, forgather, fulfil, fulfill, gather, get together, just, match, play, ran into, receive, run across, satisfy, see, sports meeting, suffer, take on, touch

Antonyms: diverge

See also: abut | accommodate | adhere | aggroup | behoove | breast | chafe | coordinate | experience | forgather | fulfil | grapple | group | jibe | lean on | make do | march | ply | race meeting | rendezvous | reunite | satisfy | spread over | tally | track meet |

Related terms: acknowledged, adapt, advisable, applicable, center, centralize, collide, compose, concourse, concur, congruous, convention, correspond, formal, gang around, gear to, grow together, herd together, legal, present to, reach, right, rightful, run smack into, session, sit-in, stand up to, suitable, tumble, unite

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Let's analyse "meet" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: TEEM. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: meet: 5 + 5 = 10, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: meet: 4 + 5 + 5 + 2 = 16, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
E (2) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
M (1) 13 Death Creator, Developer, Builder
T (1) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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