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verbmet miːtmit [with object]1Arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone) a week later I met him in the street no object we met for lunch they arranged to meet up that afternoon Example sentencesExamples - I was lucky to get there at all, having arranged to meet Ross at the station and then forgotten to bring the directions.
- Whilst shopping I bumped into Kath cycling through Camden and we arranged to meet up later.
- I had arranged to meet Sam, and he would introduce me to the others who I had never met.
- He had arranged to meet his sister at eleven o'clock at a small airfield to the east of Barnstaple.
- A couple of days later he slips me a piece of paper, and I arranged to meet her.
- I arranged to meet Andrew in a pub in Hampstead called the Holly Bush.
- Robert promptly arranged to meet me at an inner city bar the following night.
- The student had tapped her name and mobile phone number into his phone and arranged to meet him for lunch before she left.
- Cameron had arranged to meet us on campus that night, which left us a couple of hours to kill beforehand.
- If I go out in Dublin, I arrange to meet some friends and we get the bus to the city centre.
- If you find it difficult to motivate yourself to take some exercise, he suggests, try arranging to meet a friend.
- I'd arranged to meet my partner Nick for lunch to get his verdict on the new me.
- He gave Stan a call and they have now arranged to meet up in Scarborough.
- In an attempt to patch things up after what happened yesterday the friend concerned arranged to meet me again.
- James had just finished talking to Dobbo and Ali and had arranged to meet up with them for lunch.
- I get on a bus with loose arrangements to meet up with some friends of mine.
- I'd arranged to meet Kevin for the gym again, so stopped off at his on the way round from the station to pick him up.
- In fact the day it opened in Ireland, I'd arranged to meet a friend of mine to see it.
- She's arranged to meet a few people in the Rising Sun for drinks after work.
- I arrange to meet him on the sidewalk outside the hotel in an hour.
Synonyms encounter, meet up with, come face to face with, make contact with, run into/across, come across/upon, chance on, happen on, light on, stumble across/on informal bump into - 1.1 Make the acquaintance of (someone) for the first time.
she took Paul to meet her parents no object we met at an office party Example sentencesExamples - He lived and worked in London, and met Patricia during a visit north with a friend, forming a sexual relationship with her.
- During my time as press officer I met the Queen, the Queen Mother, Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips.
- He was so taken by her when he met her during her visit to Britain.
- The sky shifted in colors as she thought back to the duration of time about eleven years ago when she met her foster parents.
- I have never met this man, spoken to him or carried out any business dealings with him.
- When I was four years old and I was living in Demon Central with my parents, I met a girl my age with golden hair and dazzling violet eyes.
- He could never get up enough nerve to ask Terri out, and his odd hours interfered with meeting anyone.
- While down South he had met his future wife Alison, whose parents were from Doncaster, and the couple were interested in a move back North.
- Her parents met him on the day she graduated.
- He is also an acquaintance of Raj, having met him in mid 2002.
- Her husband Matt spoke about how he met Anne in his early nursing days and subsequently married her.
- If she had not already met my mother at parent teacher conferences, I was not going to enlighten her.
- I understand now, that we have to go through several acquaintances before we meet true friends.
- Four years ago Evan went into a chat room and met this girl who lives in Toronto, Canada.
- During a spell at the Waiheke Post Office he met Jean, his wife of 45 years.
- He wasn't at all fazed by meeting David and they chatted away quite normally.
- On one such visit Muriel met her future husband Tom and they both settled in Dungarvan.
- Who would think we would meet someone who speaks Low German at a volleyball match in Hong Kong?
- The only thing that she knew about her father was that he was an Italian chef visiting Britain when he met her mother.
- However confident you are, meeting your boyfriend or girlfriend's parents for the first time is always awash with tension.
Synonyms get to know, be introduced to, make the acquaintance of - 1.2no object (of a group of people) assemble for a purpose.
the committee meets once a fortnight Example sentencesExamples - The council meets annually to discuss matters affecting the entire Lakota nation.
- This group meets on a regular basis and they also visit a different farm each month, sharing information and advice.
- The group meets on the fourth Monday of every month.
- The group meets regularly to discuss the crime issues that are affecting the local communities.
- For most of its life, the group met in the Parish Hall in School Road.
- Bradford Council's executive meets at City Hall on Tuesday at 2pm.
- The group will meet at least once a year to assess and review the plan.
- The anti-hunt brigade regularly turn out whenever a hunt meets.
- Despite repeated prompting, the group has not met to discuss future action.
- A family council meets at regular intervals to discuss issues surrounding the business.
- Before the whole group gets together for the meeting, each division meets separately for about a half hour.
- The executive meets in October to consider the findings.
- A free non-denominational meditation group meets in Bromley every week.
- The Group meets on the second Wednesday of each month, at 2.30 pm in the Lakeside Hotel.
- The group met for an assembly dedicated to the celebration, a tour of the school and a 1950s-style school dinner.
- The Group meets on Mondays and Fridays and new members will be very welcome.
- The group meets once a month to discuss ways of combating city centre crime.
- The group originally met to practise in the Methodist Church.
- A small group met recently to get things moving, and they are now looking for others keen to become members.
- The group meets once a month and is particularly keen to hear from residents with an interest in local history, architecture and open spaces.
Synonyms gather, assemble, come together, get together, congregate, convene, muster, rally rare foregather - 1.3meet withno object Have a meeting with (someone)
he met with the president on September 16 Example sentencesExamples - Wu meets with constituents every week, listening to their problems.
- Jody meets with the owner of the land of Eatonville.
- At noon she meets with the captain and hotel manager to go over the party lists, then has lunch.
- He works on important policy matters and frequently meets with the Secretary.
- And council bosses will meet with the school in the coming weeks to draw up some initial plans.
- He meets with the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, tomorrow at the White House.
- Later this hour, President Bush meets with emergency officials in Mississippi.
- The consultants were very deeply concerned when I was invited to meet with them recently.
- Most afternoons he meets with businessmen to talk about investment opportunities and various projects.
- He meets with the President every day, he's meeting with him now.
- 1.4 Go to a place and wait there for (a person or their means of transport) to arrive.
Stuart met us off the boat Example sentencesExamples - When I travel to Crewe to meet the Tommys, an as-yet unsigned all-girl pop-punk quartet, their manager Paul meets me off the train.
- Also, a similar service was proposed to run to Cheddington Station to meet hotel guests arriving by train.
- When she meets me off the train at Tain, I immediately think: David Bowie.
- We drove into the main bazaar, fully expecting some of these functionaries to be waiting to meet us.
Synonyms encounter, meet up with, come face to face with, make contact with, run across, run into, come across, come upon, chance on, happen on, light on, stumble across, stumble on - 1.5 Come together as opponents in a competition.
in the final group match, England will meet the Australians no object the teams will meet in the European Cup final at Wembley Example sentencesExamples - The Springboks would have an easier route through the competition, probably meeting France in the semis.
- This was the result they could have expected when the two teams met seven weeks ago.
- Would it also remove the staleness that can grip a league in which teams can meet each other up to seven times in a season?
- Even fewer arrests were made when the teams met two weeks later in the league.
- The men's second team met Leigh first who were just above them in the league.
- When next these teams meet it will be in Dublin in November with the Springboks at the end of their own long, hard road.
- Five years ago when these two teams met it was a victory to Cranleigh by 39-10.
- 1.6 Encounter or experience (a particular situation or attitude)
no object we met with a slight setback Example sentencesExamples - So, in an appropriate case, the inquest's task was to discover by what means and in what circumstances the deceased had met his death.
- Just as death is the end result of living, we will meet many traumatic experiences in our lives.
- That night I returned to the scene where young Darragh met his tragic death.
- Mohammed said it was an unfortunate and sad case, as Alexander met his death in an attempt to defend his sister's honour.
- They hadn't met any problems yet, but they had to be careful with every action they conducted.
- He met his death on the fourth anniversary of his arrival in this country.
- Ironically, Mr Egan's resting place is overlooked by the field where he met his untimely death in an electrocution.
- He said conflicting medical evidence presented by the prosecution meant the jury could not be sure how the former paratrooper met his death.
- Our children don't need to meet those selfish attitudes behind a steering wheel.
- He said someone may have seen Mr Turner taking £20 out of a nearby cash machine minutes before he met his death.
- A Scottish sailor met his death when he fell overboard from his yacht off the Mayo coast, an inquest in Ballina was told.
- In all the time we have been booking courses we have not met this attitude before.
- Yorkshire Catholics mourned the Pope yesterday in the same way he met his own death - serenely, with a brave heart and no fuss.
- Four men met their deaths in a tragic accident as they worked on the West Coast Mainline at Tebay, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
- There is no evidence that he had met a violent death.
- Very, very few companies have long and uninterrupted growth records, and even those companies eventually meet problems.
- It becomes particularly important when the relationship meets an impasse.
Synonyms face, encounter, undergo, experience, go through, bear, suffer, endure - 1.7meet something with Have (a particular reaction) to.
the announcement was met with widespread protests Example sentencesExamples - It was met with almost total indifference.
- If they try to raise above a certain level, they are met with very strong resistance.
- The office, one of the most militant in London, met the announcement with a spontaneous one-day walkout.
- The public often met their claims with a heavy dose of skepticism.
- But on both occasions the bans were met with extremely successful defiance.
- Upon completion, however, the film was met with mixed reaction partly due to its extreme length and somewhat ponderous nature.
- But perhaps just as telling was the widespread cynicism the scandal was met with.
- But the findings were met with a mixed reaction from lunchtime drinkers in the pavement bars and cafes of Manchester yesterday.
- Gillespie's comments were met with mixed reactions at the Scottish Open, finishing today at Loch Lomond.
- They were met with a lukewarm reaction.
Synonyms greet, receive, answer, deal with, handle, treat, face, cope with, approach - 1.8meet withno object Receive (a particular reaction)
I'm sorry if it doesn't meet with your approval Example sentencesExamples - These developments have met with a mixed reaction in the respective countries.
- The recent rise in the number of debt collection agencies has met with a mixed reaction.
- Neither suggestion met with approval so I repaired to the kitchen to make coffee.
- It was a move that met with almost unanimous approval from fellow European Tour players.
- Even where new routes were added, they often failed to meet with approval.
- The prospect of improved transport links met with the approval of local residents.
- Plans to move a drug addiction clinic near a city centre shopping area have met with a mixed reaction.
- The idea met with approval from religious as well as tourist and cultural groups.
- To my delight, the sweater meets with approval!
- You will hold off until everything meets with your approval.
2Touch; join. icebergs are created when glaciers meet the sea no object the curtains failed to meet in the middle figurative our eyes met across the table Example sentencesExamples - Matt stepped forward and seconds later, our lips met one another in silent appreciation.
- She leaned into him and Jack met her eager lips with a long, lingering kiss.
- He sat there watching her, waiting for her to awaken once again, prepared to stay as long as it took until their eyes met again.
- His eyes met hers and for a moment, she thought she saw someone in them.
- William's mouth met hers, so warm, so gentle, and he kissed her with a sensual slowness.
- She reached up, and his lips met hers, softly, like the petals of a rose, their touch was warm like a fire.
- Then, with agonizing slowness, his head bent to hers and his lips met hers passionately.
- Mark looked her up and down, and couldn't disguise his approving look when his eyes met hers again.
- He reached out for her chin and lifted it until their eyes met.
- Their eyes met briefly until Sam cleared her throat and turned away.
- Her eyes widened as his lips met hers and he put his arms around her cold back.
- When he turned around and glanced at Constance, his eyes met hers as she turned around at the same time.
- My eyes met hers and I smiled gently, and she smiled back, showing two missing front teeth.
- Her lips met his and she revelled in the heat of their embrace.
- Leaning forwards his lips met hers and he gently pushed her back onto the bed.
- His puckered lips met my bare shoulder, causing my body to become significantly more awake.
- She didn't even flinch when Rebecca's hard gaze met hers, but simply smiled instead.
- Turning to see what he wanted she was surprised when his lips met hers.
- I felt her lift my chin and when my eyes met hers, my breathing steadied and I became somewhat quiet.
- And as his lips met mine again, I knew that I had truly found the love that I was searching for.
Synonyms come together, converge, connect, touch, link up, reach, abut, butt, adjoin, join, unite, intersect, cross 3Fulfil or satisfy (a need, requirement, or condition) this policy is doing nothing to meet the needs of women Example sentencesExamples - First, there are not enough mental health services to meet the needs of patients.
- He would insist that various conditions were met before he would play.
- Bradford needs a smaller concert hall, with safe parking to meet the requirements of the city.
- In this case, I am satisfied that the litigation plan meets the basic requirements.
- This is a situation in which flexibility is required in order to meet the needs of the child.
- Even if conditions are met, there is no guarantee that a permit will be given.
- St David's Cathedral already meets the requirements of health and safety regulations but many other churches don't.
- At the time this computer was selected, it met the requirements adequately to perform its intended function.
- What is needed is a more flexible health insurance system to meet the needs of the modern world.
- If something doesn't meet your needs and requirements then there will be another tradition around the next corner.
- Those results were essential to ensure that the proposal met students' needs.
- Understanding what patients are looking for on line may help us meet their need for health information.
- Anaemia is a condition in which the blood cannot carry enough oxygen to meet the body's needs.
- All children are included and staff ensure individual needs are met.
- When both of these conditions are met, the method of assessment is performance-based.
- Start by figuring out the mix of stocks, bonds and cash that will be required to meet your needs.
- Doctors at the surgery believe it is the only way to meet the needs of a modern health service.
- Its operating cash flow would not be enough to meet its liquidity needs for the rest of the year, it warned.
- Many have also revealed that their medical requirements are not met fully.
- Mr Sharp later worked on heating systems in construction projects, also ensuring health and safety conditions were met.
Synonyms fulfil, satisfy, fill, measure up to, match (up to), conform to, come up to, perform, comply with, answer - 3.1 Pay (a financial claim or obligation)
all your household expenses will still have to be met Example sentencesExamples - We finally certify that Mr D. Paparounis has been prompt in meeting its obligations.
- Port charges were generally revised upward to meet debt obligations.
- Although the parties lived an extravagant lifestyle, their debt obligations were met.
- This is to ensure that there is sufficient money to meet its obligations.
- The insurance is merely there to enable the companies to meet these claims.
- All the assets of the fund are available to meet claims of all members, no matter to which category they belong.
- Funds in the coffers are simply not enough to meet long-term obligations.
- He can adequately budget for himself on the net disposable income available to him after he meets his family obligations.
- The Company does not currently have sufficient facilities available to it to meet these obligations.
- Before going I contacted PPP, which assured me there would be no problem meeting a claim.
- Even accounting for the slide in the stock market, Friends is in a position to meet its obligations.
- All too often women use their own sick leave entitlement to meet family obligations.
- Iberia bosses said meeting the pay claim would plunge the company into an operating loss.
- It could not meet its obligations to Hepcoe and continued to operate at a loss.
- The spokesperson said it could not afford to meet the claim as FLS was still losing money in Ireland.
Synonyms pay, settle, clear, honour, liquidate, satisfy, discharge, pay off, square, account for
noun miːtmit 1British A gathering of riders and hounds before a hunt begins. she fell from her horse during a weekend meet Example sentencesExamples - During the years of his marriage they would see each other publicly only at hunt meets, and the only press photograph taken of them together for many years was of them hunting.
- The meet and the hunt provided a dash of colour in the lives of all during the otherwise drab British winter.
- Tears flowed at end of the Tedworth Hunt's last traditional meet on Thursday at Tidcombe House.
- Last Friday was one of the biggest Boxing Day meets of the Tedworth Hunt for years and it attracted a larger than usual number of anti-hunt protestors.
- Supporters turned out in force at the first meets conducted under the shadow of the hunt ban.
- Pretending that catching foxes was the reason for holding meets of the hunt was never particularly true.
- Anti-foxhunting protesters are continuing to demonstrate at hunting meets in mid Essex despite a Government decision to ban the blood sport.
- After the meet hounds returned to their kennels but hunt supporters stayed for a drink at the village pub.
- The protesters had challenged Mr Ainger to join them at a hunt meet - an invitation he declined.
- I was born and brought up in the country, where people would talk of hunt meets and hunt balls.
- There is certainly organised coursing at a number of meets and the number of these clubs is in some ways difficult to define.
- These groups however are discredited by the outrageous actions they take to disrupt hunt meets.
- The meets for the foxhounds in the areas that I hunt are pretty near to where the horses are kept.
- The Cresselly Arms at Cresswell Quay will be the scene of South Pembrokeshire Hunt's last meet.
- Up at dawn he had selected the hounds and prepared the truck to take them to the meet.
- Huntsmen admitted the meet was purely symbolic, as the weather had made any actual hunting impossible.
- Record numbers of supporters heard defiant messages at Boxing Day hunt meets in the Vale, Cotswolds and Warwickshire.
- Police called in reinforcements after the hunt began to track saboteurs but said the meet was largely peaceful.
- He enjoyed the hunt scene, and covered local meets for the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard and Horse and Hound magazine.
- Seven or eight years ago the bloodsports fraternity were claiming in newspaper advertisements that one million people attended Boxing Day hunt meets.
2An organized event at which a number of races or other athletic contests are held. major meets such as national championships Example sentencesExamples - Worrell feels it's important for youngsters to take advantage of locally organized swim meets.
- Regardless of the level, dual meets are exciting and championship meets bring major breakthroughs.
- Horses are stabled at the North Dakota State University equine science barn during race meets.
- The big guns hit the pool in Athens again on Sunday night, in what could be the event of the meet.
- The meets begin with an inspection, by drivers and onlookers, under the hoods of the cars.
- He won, and within three years he was winning swim meets and triathlons too - anything that tested his mettle.
- What tipped the scale in Thorpe's favor were his sterling performances in major international meets.
- There's the Shrum Bowl, basketball and volleyball tournaments and swim meets, to name just a few.
- The pair also helped out on race meets, regularly making up to 20 flasks of coffee for the competitors and spectators.
- He tired a bit at the end, not surprising since it was his ninth race in the fourth day of the Olympic meet.
- That had been the case in the large school race at the district meet earlier in the day.
- Each competitor swam in six events during three selected meets throughout the fall season.
- High school teams have it a bit easier, due to the smaller number of events in their meets.
- It was usually the last event of the meet, and by most accounts of the time, the most popular.
- Even if you've never been to a coursing meet, take yourself along to Patrickswell.
- In addition, an explanation of the events and how meets are run is useful.
- A royal Ascot action plan to combat a traffic nightmare in York during the race meet in June was being unveiled today.
- However, the best event of the meet was reserved for three in the morning.
- These trials are being held in preparation for international meets.
- The second begins when Del Mar and Saratoga open their gates in July to conduct the last two great race meets in the United States.
Synonyms event, tournament, game, match, contest, competition bout, fight, encounter, engagement hunt gathering, convention, conclave, rally, congress, convocation, muster, quiz 3informal A meeting, typically one with an illicit purpose. the meet with Frank is on for 10 o'clock
Phrases do you think an income of two hundred a year would meet the case? Example sentencesExamples - Ms Sheppard, if I were to order that the application be dismissed for want of prosecution and that the applicant pay the first respondent's costs including reserved costs, would that meet the case?
- You must not underrate the difficulties of my undertaking, or imagine that a mere commonplace assassination would meet the case.
- If I make orders in those terms, will that meet the case?
meet someone's eye (or eyes) the sight that met his eyes was truly amazing Example sentencesExamples - When they reached the top, all three stable hands were awed by the sight that met their eyes.
- A curious sight met their eyes as they came cautiously around the foremast.
- He was even more shocked by the sight that met his eyes.
- When my family walked out of the gate, an enormous sight met our eyes.
- When the pair broke through the bushes that lead to their home a horrible sight met their eyes.
- They ran outside, and an incredible sight met their eyes.
- The ballroom at the hotel was set for the night and as Natalie and Kate went through its doors a spectacular sight met their eyes.
- A strange sight met my eyes when they glanced to the left.
- The light blinded me at first, but even still, I couldn't believe the sight that met my eyes.
- When they came to the top, a beautiful sight met their eyes.
2Look directly at someone. for a moment, he refused to meet her eyes Robyn met his insolent gaze Example sentencesExamples - For a moment I let my gaze travel over him and then met his gaze again.
- He handed Will a letter and refused to meet his gaze.
- She took a deep breath, refusing to meet my gaze.
- She suddenly met his gaze, as if she felt his gaze on her.
- She met my gaze and a tight smile was directed towards me.
- He inclined his head slightly, not meeting her gaze directly.
- She met his gaze directly, without a trace of emotion on her face.
- She met his gaze, refusing to show any signs of the rattling he did to her confidence.
- Although she was facing him, her eyes were directed past him, refusing to meet his gaze.
- Her eyes came back into focus and she met Jake 's gaze.
Make a compromise with someone. I am prepared to meet him halfway by paying him a further £25,000 Example sentencesExamples - That's called meeting you halfway - and it's what friendship is really all about.
- But I think they will be met halfway, because although there is often talk of revolution, things tend to turn out less radically, and we have evolution instead.
- So I suspect most of them will act like the DGA has met them halfway on the matter, and we'll wait to fight this battle another day.
- That was my sacrifice and I wasn't met halfway.
- I feel like I am sometimes making a lot of compromises just to maintain her friendship and she isn't meeting me halfway.
- Democrats - and many Republicans - are not meeting Bush halfway, despite his willingness to preserve Social Security as a universal social program.
- Late in the month, he met Randolph halfway, with an executive order prohibiting discrimination among defense contractors, but not in the military.
- I would have thought it would have met us halfway or helped stop this happening again.
- At first, the company said they couldn't do it at all, but then they met me halfway.
- So, just as practitioners have come to realize the value of political education, the academics have met them halfway.
Synonyms reach a compromise, find the middle ground, come to terms, come to an understanding, reach an agreement, make a deal, make concessions, find a happy medium, strike a balance
there's more to someone (or something) than meets the eye A person or situation is more complex or interesting than they appear. Example sentencesExamples - Still, there's more to the picture than meets the eye.
- In his heart, he knows there's more to it than meets the eye.
- Maybe there's more to this situation than meets the eye.
- In other words, there are a lot of unanswered questions that make it perfectly reasonable to suspect that there's more to this story than meets the eye.
- You know her better than I do, you know there's more to her than meets the eye.
- If he kicks up a fuss, you know there's more to the relationship than meets the eye.
- I think that there's more to this story than meets the eye.
- Like any building, there's more to a monastery than meets the eye.
- I think there's more to Kori than meets the eye.
- ‘It means that there's more to me than meets the eye,’ he explained.
Origin Old English mētan 'come upon', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeten, also to moot. moot from Old English: Groups of law students are sometimes given the exercise of discussing an imaginary doubtful law case for practice. This is an old training method, which died out in the 19th century but has since been reintroduced into university law courses. A discussion of this kind is a moot, and in the USA a moot court is a mock court at which law students argue imaginary cases. These legal assemblies are behind a moot point, one which is subject to debate or is no longer of any practical purpose. Originally moot was used more widely, of any meeting or assembly. The word derives from the same root as meet (Old English).
Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat adjective miːtmit archaic Suitable or proper. it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour
Derivatives adverb archaic noun archaic
Origin Middle English (in the sense 'made to fit'): shortening of Old English gemǣte, of Germanic origin; related to mete1. verbmētmit [with object]1Come into the presence or company of (someone) by chance or arrangement. a week later I met him in the street no object we met for lunch they arranged to meet up that afternoon Example sentencesExamples - Cameron had arranged to meet us on campus that night, which left us a couple of hours to kill beforehand.
- I arranged to meet Andrew in a pub in Hampstead called the Holly Bush.
- He gave Stan a call and they have now arranged to meet up in Scarborough.
- In fact the day it opened in Ireland, I'd arranged to meet a friend of mine to see it.
- I'd arranged to meet Kevin for the gym again, so stopped off at his on the way round from the station to pick him up.
- If you find it difficult to motivate yourself to take some exercise, he suggests, try arranging to meet a friend.
- He had arranged to meet his sister at eleven o'clock at a small airfield to the east of Barnstaple.
- She's arranged to meet a few people in the Rising Sun for drinks after work.
- Whilst shopping I bumped into Kath cycling through Camden and we arranged to meet up later.
- Robert promptly arranged to meet me at an inner city bar the following night.
- I get on a bus with loose arrangements to meet up with some friends of mine.
- I arrange to meet him on the sidewalk outside the hotel in an hour.
- I had arranged to meet Sam, and he would introduce me to the others who I had never met.
- A couple of days later he slips me a piece of paper, and I arranged to meet her.
- In an attempt to patch things up after what happened yesterday the friend concerned arranged to meet me again.
- James had just finished talking to Dobbo and Ali and had arranged to meet up with them for lunch.
- I'd arranged to meet my partner Nick for lunch to get his verdict on the new me.
- The student had tapped her name and mobile phone number into his phone and arranged to meet him for lunch before she left.
- If I go out in Dublin, I arrange to meet some friends and we get the bus to the city centre.
- I was lucky to get there at all, having arranged to meet Ross at the station and then forgotten to bring the directions.
Synonyms encounter, meet up with, come face to face with, make contact with, run across, run into, come across, come upon, chance on, happen on, light on, stumble across, stumble on - 1.1 Make the acquaintance of (someone) for the first time.
she took Paul to meet her parents no object we met at an office party Example sentencesExamples - Who would think we would meet someone who speaks Low German at a volleyball match in Hong Kong?
- During my time as press officer I met the Queen, the Queen Mother, Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips.
- During a spell at the Waiheke Post Office he met Jean, his wife of 45 years.
- He lived and worked in London, and met Patricia during a visit north with a friend, forming a sexual relationship with her.
- The only thing that she knew about her father was that he was an Italian chef visiting Britain when he met her mother.
- However confident you are, meeting your boyfriend or girlfriend's parents for the first time is always awash with tension.
- The sky shifted in colors as she thought back to the duration of time about eleven years ago when she met her foster parents.
- I have never met this man, spoken to him or carried out any business dealings with him.
- Her parents met him on the day she graduated.
- He is also an acquaintance of Raj, having met him in mid 2002.
- When I was four years old and I was living in Demon Central with my parents, I met a girl my age with golden hair and dazzling violet eyes.
- While down South he had met his future wife Alison, whose parents were from Doncaster, and the couple were interested in a move back North.
- I understand now, that we have to go through several acquaintances before we meet true friends.
- He was so taken by her when he met her during her visit to Britain.
- Four years ago Evan went into a chat room and met this girl who lives in Toronto, Canada.
- He could never get up enough nerve to ask Terri out, and his odd hours interfered with meeting anyone.
- If she had not already met my mother at parent teacher conferences, I was not going to enlighten her.
- He wasn't at all fazed by meeting David and they chatted away quite normally.
- Her husband Matt spoke about how he met Anne in his early nursing days and subsequently married her.
- On one such visit Muriel met her future husband Tom and they both settled in Dungarvan.
Synonyms get to know, be introduced to, make the acquaintance of - 1.2no object (of a group of people) assemble for a particular purpose.
the committee meets once a week Example sentencesExamples - A family council meets at regular intervals to discuss issues surrounding the business.
- The council meets annually to discuss matters affecting the entire Lakota nation.
- The anti-hunt brigade regularly turn out whenever a hunt meets.
- The group meets regularly to discuss the crime issues that are affecting the local communities.
- A free non-denominational meditation group meets in Bromley every week.
- Despite repeated prompting, the group has not met to discuss future action.
- The group meets on the fourth Monday of every month.
- Bradford Council's executive meets at City Hall on Tuesday at 2pm.
- The Group meets on Mondays and Fridays and new members will be very welcome.
- A small group met recently to get things moving, and they are now looking for others keen to become members.
- The group originally met to practise in the Methodist Church.
- The group will meet at least once a year to assess and review the plan.
- The Group meets on the second Wednesday of each month, at 2.30 pm in the Lakeside Hotel.
- Before the whole group gets together for the meeting, each division meets separately for about a half hour.
- For most of its life, the group met in the Parish Hall in School Road.
- The group meets once a month and is particularly keen to hear from residents with an interest in local history, architecture and open spaces.
- This group meets on a regular basis and they also visit a different farm each month, sharing information and advice.
- The group met for an assembly dedicated to the celebration, a tour of the school and a 1950s-style school dinner.
- The group meets once a month to discuss ways of combating city centre crime.
- The executive meets in October to consider the findings.
Synonyms gather, assemble, come together, get together, congregate, convene, muster, rally - 1.3meet withno object Have a meeting with (someone)
he met with the president on September 16 Example sentencesExamples - Wu meets with constituents every week, listening to their problems.
- He meets with the President every day, he's meeting with him now.
- Later this hour, President Bush meets with emergency officials in Mississippi.
- And council bosses will meet with the school in the coming weeks to draw up some initial plans.
- Jody meets with the owner of the land of Eatonville.
- The consultants were very deeply concerned when I was invited to meet with them recently.
- He meets with the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, tomorrow at the White House.
- He works on important policy matters and frequently meets with the Secretary.
- Most afternoons he meets with businessmen to talk about investment opportunities and various projects.
- At noon she meets with the captain and hotel manager to go over the party lists, then has lunch.
- 1.4 Go to a place and wait there for (a person or their means of transport) to arrive.
I offered to meet their train Example sentencesExamples - When she meets me off the train at Tain, I immediately think: David Bowie.
- We drove into the main bazaar, fully expecting some of these functionaries to be waiting to meet us.
- When I travel to Crewe to meet the Tommys, an as-yet unsigned all-girl pop-punk quartet, their manager Paul meets me off the train.
- Also, a similar service was proposed to run to Cheddington Station to meet hotel guests arriving by train.
Synonyms encounter, meet up with, come face to face with, make contact with, run across, run into, come across, come upon, chance on, happen on, light on, stumble across, stumble on - 1.5 Play or oppose in a contest.
in the final match, the U.S. will meet Brazil no object the Twins and Mariners will not meet again until September Example sentencesExamples - Even fewer arrests were made when the teams met two weeks later in the league.
- When next these teams meet it will be in Dublin in November with the Springboks at the end of their own long, hard road.
- Would it also remove the staleness that can grip a league in which teams can meet each other up to seven times in a season?
- The men's second team met Leigh first who were just above them in the league.
- The Springboks would have an easier route through the competition, probably meeting France in the semis.
- Five years ago when these two teams met it was a victory to Cranleigh by 39-10.
- This was the result they could have expected when the two teams met seven weeks ago.
- 1.6 Encounter or be faced with (a particular fate, situation, attitude, or reaction)
no object we met with a slight setback Example sentencesExamples - Just as death is the end result of living, we will meet many traumatic experiences in our lives.
- Our children don't need to meet those selfish attitudes behind a steering wheel.
- That night I returned to the scene where young Darragh met his tragic death.
- A Scottish sailor met his death when he fell overboard from his yacht off the Mayo coast, an inquest in Ballina was told.
- Four men met their deaths in a tragic accident as they worked on the West Coast Mainline at Tebay, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
- There is no evidence that he had met a violent death.
- Mohammed said it was an unfortunate and sad case, as Alexander met his death in an attempt to defend his sister's honour.
- He said someone may have seen Mr Turner taking £20 out of a nearby cash machine minutes before he met his death.
- Yorkshire Catholics mourned the Pope yesterday in the same way he met his own death - serenely, with a brave heart and no fuss.
- So, in an appropriate case, the inquest's task was to discover by what means and in what circumstances the deceased had met his death.
- He met his death on the fourth anniversary of his arrival in this country.
- They hadn't met any problems yet, but they had to be careful with every action they conducted.
- He said conflicting medical evidence presented by the prosecution meant the jury could not be sure how the former paratrooper met his death.
- In all the time we have been booking courses we have not met this attitude before.
- Very, very few companies have long and uninterrupted growth records, and even those companies eventually meet problems.
- Ironically, Mr Egan's resting place is overlooked by the field where he met his untimely death in an electrocution.
- It becomes particularly important when the relationship meets an impasse.
Synonyms face, encounter, undergo, experience, go through, bear, suffer, endure - 1.7meet something with Have (a particular reaction) to.
the announcement was met with widespread protests Example sentencesExamples - They were met with a lukewarm reaction.
- But the findings were met with a mixed reaction from lunchtime drinkers in the pavement bars and cafes of Manchester yesterday.
- The office, one of the most militant in London, met the announcement with a spontaneous one-day walkout.
- Upon completion, however, the film was met with mixed reaction partly due to its extreme length and somewhat ponderous nature.
- If they try to raise above a certain level, they are met with very strong resistance.
- Gillespie's comments were met with mixed reactions at the Scottish Open, finishing today at Loch Lomond.
- It was met with almost total indifference.
- The public often met their claims with a heavy dose of skepticism.
- But perhaps just as telling was the widespread cynicism the scandal was met with.
- But on both occasions the bans were met with extremely successful defiance.
Synonyms greet, receive, answer, deal with, handle, treat, face, cope with, approach - 1.8meet withno object Receive (a particular reaction)
I'm sorry if it doesn't meet with your approval Example sentencesExamples - You will hold off until everything meets with your approval.
- The idea met with approval from religious as well as tourist and cultural groups.
- To my delight, the sweater meets with approval!
- Neither suggestion met with approval so I repaired to the kitchen to make coffee.
- These developments have met with a mixed reaction in the respective countries.
- The recent rise in the number of debt collection agencies has met with a mixed reaction.
- It was a move that met with almost unanimous approval from fellow European Tour players.
- The prospect of improved transport links met with the approval of local residents.
- Even where new routes were added, they often failed to meet with approval.
- Plans to move a drug addiction clinic near a city centre shopping area have met with a mixed reaction.
2Touch; join. no object the curtains failed to meet in the middle figurative our eyes met across the table Example sentencesExamples - She leaned into him and Jack met her eager lips with a long, lingering kiss.
- And as his lips met mine again, I knew that I had truly found the love that I was searching for.
- Mark looked her up and down, and couldn't disguise his approving look when his eyes met hers again.
- He sat there watching her, waiting for her to awaken once again, prepared to stay as long as it took until their eyes met again.
- He reached out for her chin and lifted it until their eyes met.
- When he turned around and glanced at Constance, his eyes met hers as she turned around at the same time.
- I felt her lift my chin and when my eyes met hers, my breathing steadied and I became somewhat quiet.
- She reached up, and his lips met hers, softly, like the petals of a rose, their touch was warm like a fire.
- My eyes met hers and I smiled gently, and she smiled back, showing two missing front teeth.
- His puckered lips met my bare shoulder, causing my body to become significantly more awake.
- Their eyes met briefly until Sam cleared her throat and turned away.
- His eyes met hers and for a moment, she thought she saw someone in them.
- Then, with agonizing slowness, his head bent to hers and his lips met hers passionately.
- Leaning forwards his lips met hers and he gently pushed her back onto the bed.
- Matt stepped forward and seconds later, our lips met one another in silent appreciation.
- Her eyes widened as his lips met hers and he put his arms around her cold back.
- Her lips met his and she revelled in the heat of their embrace.
- William's mouth met hers, so warm, so gentle, and he kissed her with a sensual slowness.
- She didn't even flinch when Rebecca's hard gaze met hers, but simply smiled instead.
- Turning to see what he wanted she was surprised when his lips met hers.
Synonyms come together, converge, connect, touch, link up, reach, abut, butt, adjoin, join, unite, intersect, cross 3Fulfill or satisfy (a need, requirement, or condition) this policy is doing nothing to meet the needs of women they failed to meet the noon deadline Example sentencesExamples - When both of these conditions are met, the method of assessment is performance-based.
- In this case, I am satisfied that the litigation plan meets the basic requirements.
- Its operating cash flow would not be enough to meet its liquidity needs for the rest of the year, it warned.
- If something doesn't meet your needs and requirements then there will be another tradition around the next corner.
- He would insist that various conditions were met before he would play.
- Anaemia is a condition in which the blood cannot carry enough oxygen to meet the body's needs.
- Even if conditions are met, there is no guarantee that a permit will be given.
- This is a situation in which flexibility is required in order to meet the needs of the child.
- All children are included and staff ensure individual needs are met.
- St David's Cathedral already meets the requirements of health and safety regulations but many other churches don't.
- Start by figuring out the mix of stocks, bonds and cash that will be required to meet your needs.
- Mr Sharp later worked on heating systems in construction projects, also ensuring health and safety conditions were met.
- Those results were essential to ensure that the proposal met students' needs.
- What is needed is a more flexible health insurance system to meet the needs of the modern world.
- At the time this computer was selected, it met the requirements adequately to perform its intended function.
- First, there are not enough mental health services to meet the needs of patients.
- Doctors at the surgery believe it is the only way to meet the needs of a modern health service.
- Bradford needs a smaller concert hall, with safe parking to meet the requirements of the city.
- Many have also revealed that their medical requirements are not met fully.
- Understanding what patients are looking for on line may help us meet their need for health information.
Synonyms fulfil, satisfy, fill, measure up to, match, match up to, conform to, come up to, perform, comply with, answer - 3.1 Pay (a financial claim or obligation)
all your household expenses will still have to be met Example sentencesExamples - Before going I contacted PPP, which assured me there would be no problem meeting a claim.
- He can adequately budget for himself on the net disposable income available to him after he meets his family obligations.
- Although the parties lived an extravagant lifestyle, their debt obligations were met.
- It could not meet its obligations to Hepcoe and continued to operate at a loss.
- The Company does not currently have sufficient facilities available to it to meet these obligations.
- All the assets of the fund are available to meet claims of all members, no matter to which category they belong.
- Funds in the coffers are simply not enough to meet long-term obligations.
- All too often women use their own sick leave entitlement to meet family obligations.
- The spokesperson said it could not afford to meet the claim as FLS was still losing money in Ireland.
- This is to ensure that there is sufficient money to meet its obligations.
- Iberia bosses said meeting the pay claim would plunge the company into an operating loss.
- We finally certify that Mr D. Paparounis has been prompt in meeting its obligations.
- Even accounting for the slide in the stock market, Friends is in a position to meet its obligations.
- Port charges were generally revised upward to meet debt obligations.
- The insurance is merely there to enable the companies to meet these claims.
Synonyms pay, settle, clear, honour, liquidate, satisfy, discharge, pay off, square, account for
nounmētmit An organized event at which a number of races or other sporting contests are held. Example sentencesExamples - Worrell feels it's important for youngsters to take advantage of locally organized swim meets.
- These trials are being held in preparation for international meets.
- Regardless of the level, dual meets are exciting and championship meets bring major breakthroughs.
- Even if you've never been to a coursing meet, take yourself along to Patrickswell.
- The big guns hit the pool in Athens again on Sunday night, in what could be the event of the meet.
- Horses are stabled at the North Dakota State University equine science barn during race meets.
- He won, and within three years he was winning swim meets and triathlons too - anything that tested his mettle.
- It was usually the last event of the meet, and by most accounts of the time, the most popular.
- That had been the case in the large school race at the district meet earlier in the day.
- The pair also helped out on race meets, regularly making up to 20 flasks of coffee for the competitors and spectators.
- Each competitor swam in six events during three selected meets throughout the fall season.
- He tired a bit at the end, not surprising since it was his ninth race in the fourth day of the Olympic meet.
- What tipped the scale in Thorpe's favor were his sterling performances in major international meets.
- However, the best event of the meet was reserved for three in the morning.
- High school teams have it a bit easier, due to the smaller number of events in their meets.
- In addition, an explanation of the events and how meets are run is useful.
- There's the Shrum Bowl, basketball and volleyball tournaments and swim meets, to name just a few.
- The second begins when Del Mar and Saratoga open their gates in July to conduct the last two great race meets in the United States.
- A royal Ascot action plan to combat a traffic nightmare in York during the race meet in June was being unveiled today.
- The meets begin with an inspection, by drivers and onlookers, under the hoods of the cars.
Synonyms event, tournament, game, match, contest, competition
Phrases meet someone's eye (or eyes) the sight that met his eyes was truly amazing Example sentencesExamples - A curious sight met their eyes as they came cautiously around the foremast.
- They ran outside, and an incredible sight met their eyes.
- The ballroom at the hotel was set for the night and as Natalie and Kate went through its doors a spectacular sight met their eyes.
- When they reached the top, all three stable hands were awed by the sight that met their eyes.
- He was even more shocked by the sight that met his eyes.
- A strange sight met my eyes when they glanced to the left.
- The light blinded me at first, but even still, I couldn't believe the sight that met my eyes.
- When they came to the top, a beautiful sight met their eyes.
- When my family walked out of the gate, an enormous sight met our eyes.
- When the pair broke through the bushes that lead to their home a horrible sight met their eyes.
Make a compromise with someone; concede some points in order to gain others. I am prepared to meet him halfway by paying an additional $25,000 Example sentencesExamples - I would have thought it would have met us halfway or helped stop this happening again.
- But I think they will be met halfway, because although there is often talk of revolution, things tend to turn out less radically, and we have evolution instead.
- I feel like I am sometimes making a lot of compromises just to maintain her friendship and she isn't meeting me halfway.
- At first, the company said they couldn't do it at all, but then they met me halfway.
- That's called meeting you halfway - and it's what friendship is really all about.
- So I suspect most of them will act like the DGA has met them halfway on the matter, and we'll wait to fight this battle another day.
- Democrats - and many Republicans - are not meeting Bush halfway, despite his willingness to preserve Social Security as a universal social program.
- So, just as practitioners have come to realize the value of political education, the academics have met them halfway.
- Late in the month, he met Randolph halfway, with an executive order prohibiting discrimination among defense contractors, but not in the military.
- That was my sacrifice and I wasn't met halfway.
Synonyms reach a compromise, find the middle ground, come to terms, come to an understanding, reach an agreement, make a deal, make concessions, find a happy medium, strike a balance
there's more to someone/something than meets the eye A person or situation is more complex or interesting than they appear. Example sentencesExamples - I think that there's more to this story than meets the eye.
- ‘It means that there's more to me than meets the eye,’ he explained.
- In his heart, he knows there's more to it than meets the eye.
- In other words, there are a lot of unanswered questions that make it perfectly reasonable to suspect that there's more to this story than meets the eye.
- I think there's more to Kori than meets the eye.
- Still, there's more to the picture than meets the eye.
- If he kicks up a fuss, you know there's more to the relationship than meets the eye.
- Like any building, there's more to a monastery than meets the eye.
- You know her better than I do, you know there's more to her than meets the eye.
- Maybe there's more to this situation than meets the eye.
meet someone's eye (or eyes or gaze) Look directly at someone. for a moment, he refused to meet her eyes Example sentencesExamples - He inclined his head slightly, not meeting her gaze directly.
- Although she was facing him, her eyes were directed past him, refusing to meet his gaze.
- Her eyes came back into focus and she met Jake 's gaze.
- For a moment I let my gaze travel over him and then met his gaze again.
- She met his gaze directly, without a trace of emotion on her face.
- She met my gaze and a tight smile was directed towards me.
- He handed Will a letter and refused to meet his gaze.
- She met his gaze, refusing to show any signs of the rattling he did to her confidence.
- She suddenly met his gaze, as if she felt his gaze on her.
- She took a deep breath, refusing to meet my gaze.
Origin Old English mētan ‘come upon’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeten, also to moot. adjectivemitmēt archaic Suitable; fit; proper. it is a theater meet for great events
Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘made to fit’): shortening of Old English gemǣte, of Germanic origin; related to mete. |