Meet
nnoun.eventa meeting at which a number of athletic contests are heldSynset:sports meeting
Derivationally Related Form:meet
Hypernyms:athletic competition athletic contest athletics
Inherited Hypernyms:meetathletic contestcontestsocial eventeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:gymkhanarace meetingregattaswim meetswimming meettrack meet
Part Meronyms:track and field
Full Hyponyms:gymkhanarace meetingregattaswimming meettrack meet
vverb.motioncome togetherSynset:come across encounter run across run into see
Examples:- I'll probably see you at the meeting
- How nice to see you again!
Derivationally Related Form:encountermeeting
Inherited Hypernyms:meet
Direct Hyponyms:crossintersect
Full Troponyms:crossdecussateintersect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.socialget together socially or for a specific purposeSynset:get together
Derivationally Related Form:meetmeetermeetingget together
Inherited Hypernyms:meet
Direct Hyponyms:callcall incelebratefetepick uprendezvousreunitevisit
Full Troponyms:carousecelebratedrop byjubilatepartypick upravereceiverendezvousreuniterevelseevisit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.stativebe adjacent or come togetherSynset:converge
Examples:- The lines converge at this point
Antonyms:diverge
Derivationally Related Form:convergingconvergentconvergencyconvergence
Inherited Hypernyms:converge
Direct Hyponyms:breast
Full Troponyms:breast
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.consumptionfill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restrictionSynset:conform to fill fit fulfil fulfill satisfy
Examples:- does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?
- This job doesn't match my dreams
- meet a need
Derivationally Related Form:fulfilmentfulfillmentsatisfactionfillsatisfactorysatisfier
Hypernyms:cater ply provide supply
Inherited Hypernyms:fitprovidegivetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:accommodateallayanswerappeaseassuagecontentfeed onfeed uponfill the billfitfit the billfulfilfulfilllive up toquellquenchsatisfyslakestaysuit
Full Troponyms:act asanswercontentcoverfeed onfit the billgo a long waygo aroundpreludequalifyquellquenchsatisfyservesufficesuittide over
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialcollect in one placeSynset:assemble foregather forgather gather
Examples:- We assembled in the church basement
- Let's gather in the dining room
Derivationally Related Form:gatheringassemblagemeeting
Hypernyms:interact
Inherited Hypernyms:meetinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:aggroupcaucusclubclumpclustercongregateconstellateconveneconvergecrowdcrowd togetherflockfortfort upgrouphivemeetturn out
Full Troponyms:brigadebunch togethercaucusclubclusterconcentratecongregateconveneconvergecrowdembedfortganggroupherdhivehuddlemassmeetmeet up withovercrowdpoolpourpressreconvenesitspill overteamthrongturn out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | The crowds --- in the streets (apply to: assemble, meet, foregather, forgather)
vverb.socialget to know; get acquainted withExamples:- I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!
- we met in Singapore
Inherited Hypernyms:meet
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: meet) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: meet)
vverb.motionmeet by design; be present at the arrival ofExamples:- Can you meet me at the train station?
Hypernyms:assemble foregather forgather gather meet
Inherited Hypernyms:meetmeetinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:meet up with
Full Troponyms:meet up with
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.competitioncontend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battleSynset:encounter play take on
Examples:- Princeton plays Yale this weekend
- Charlie likes to play Mary
Derivationally Related Form:meetencounterplayingplay
Inherited Hypernyms:meet
Direct Hyponyms:confrontfacereplay
Entailment:compete contend vie
Full Troponyms:confrontfrontpitreplaytake the bull by the horns
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: meet, play) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: meet, play)
vverb.stativeexperience as a reactionSynset:encounter receive
Examples:- My proposal met with much opposition
Derivationally Related Form:receptive
Hypernyms:experience have
Inherited Hypernyms:meethavechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Something is ---ing PP (apply to: meet) | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: meet)
vverb.perceptionundergo or sufferSynset:suffer
Examples:- meet a violent death
- suffer a terrible fate
Hypernyms:experience go through see
Inherited Hypernyms:sufferexperienceundergochange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactbe in direct physical contact with; make contactSynset:adjoin contact touch
Examples:- The two buildings touch
- Their hands touched
- The wire must not contact the metal cover
- The surfaces contact at this point
Derivationally Related Form:adjunctionadjunctivecontacttouch
Inherited Hypernyms:touch
Direct Hyponyms:abutadhereadjoinattachborderbuttbutt againstbutt onchafecleaveclingcoherecoveredgeenvironfrayfrethuglean againstlean onmarchrest onringrubscratchskirtspread oversticksurround
Full Troponyms:agglutinateattachbagbankblanketbloodyborderboxbrick inbundlecarpetcasketclingcloisterclothecoatconglutinatecontainerizecorralcovercratedikeembattleembowerencapsulateencaseencloseenshrinefencefloodflowfortifyframefringegirdleglaciateglassgrasshaemagglutinatehedgehem inhugimmerseinundatelavelean onleech ontomantlemistmoldneighborpackpouchrope inrubsackshroudsmotherstowstrewsubmergesurroundswamptrenchtuckwall in
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something | Our properties --- at this point (apply to: adjoin, meet, touch) | His fields --- mine at this point (apply to: adjoin, meet, touch)
adj satadj.allbeing precisely fitting and rightSynset:fitting
Examples:- it is only meet that she should be seated first
Antonyms:unjust
Derivationally Related Form:fittingness
Inherited Hypernyms:fitting
Similar to:just