meet

meet¹ W1S1 [mi:t] v past tense and past participle met [met]

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1¦(see somebody at an arranged place)¦

2¦(see somebody by chance)¦

3¦(see somebody for the first time)¦

4¦(see somebody at an airport/station etc)¦

5¦(come together to discuss something)¦

6¦(compete against somebody)¦

7¦(join or touch)¦

8¦(experience a problem or situation)¦

9 meet a problem/challenge

10 meet a need/demand/requirement/condition etc

11 meet a deadline

12 meet a goal/target etc

13 meet a debt/cost/expense etc

14 there's more to somebody/something than meets the eye

15 our/their eyes meet

16 meet somebody's eye(s)/gaze/glance etc

17 meet your eye(s)

18 meet your match

19 meet somebody halfway

20 meet (something) head-on

21 meet your death/end

22 meet your maker

23 meet your Waterloo

Phrasal verbs

　meet up

　meet with somebody/something

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[: Old English; Origin: metan]

1.) ¦(SEE SOMEBODY AT AN ARRANGED PLACE)¦ [I,T not in passive]

to go to a place where someone will be at a particular time, according to an arrangement, so that you can talk or do something together

▪ Meet me at 8.00.

▪ I'll meet you by the main reception desk.

meet (sb) for sth

▪ Why don't we meet for lunch on Friday?

▪ We arranged to meet outside the theatre.

2.) ¦(SEE SOMEBODY BY CHANCE)¦ [I,T not in passive]

to see someone by chance and talk to them

= ↑bump into

▪ You'll never guess who I met in town.

▪ I was worried I might meet Henry on the bus.

3.) ¦(SEE SOMEBODY FOR THE FIRST TIME)¦ [I,T not in passive]

to see and talk to someone for the first time, or be introduced to them

▪ We first met in Florence.

▪ I met my husband at university.

▪ Jane, come and meet my brother.

nice/pleased to meet you

(=used to greet someone politely when you have just met them for the first time)

▪ 'This is my niece, Sarah.' 'Pleased to meet you.'

(it was) nice meeting you

(=used to say goodbye politely to someone you have just met for the first time)

4.) ¦(SEE SOMEBODY AT AN AIRPORT/STATION ETC)¦ [T]

to be waiting for someone at an airport, station etc when they arrive in a plane or train

▪ My dad met us at the station.

▪ I'll come and meet you off the plane.

5.) ¦(COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS SOMETHING)¦

to come together in the same place in order to discuss something

▪ The committee meets once a month.

▪ The two groups will meet next week to discuss the project.

6.) ¦(COMPETE AGAINST SOMEBODY)¦ [I,T not in passive]

to play against another person or team in a competition, or to fight another army in a war

▪ Manchester United will meet Blackburn Rovers in the sixth round of the Cup.

▪ The two armies finally met on the battlefield at Stamford Bridge.

7.) ¦(JOIN OR TOUCH)¦ [I,T not in passive]

if two things meet, they touch or join at a particular place

▪ The two roads meet just north of Flagstaff.

▪ Their hands met under the table.

8.) ¦(EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM OR SITUATION)¦ [T]

to experience a problem, attitude, or situation

= ↑encounter, come across ↑come across

▪ Wherever she went she met hostility and prejudice.

9.) meet a problem/challenge

to deal with a problem or something difficult that you have to do

▪ The new building will mean that we can meet the challenge of increasing student numbers.

10.) meet a need/demand/requirement/condition etc

to do something that someone wants, needs, or expects you to do or be as good as they need, expect etc

▪ The company says it is unable to meet the workers' demands for higher wages.

▪ The service is tailored to meet your needs.

▪ beaches which meet European standards of cleanliness

11.) meet a deadline

to finish something at the time it is meant to be finished

▪ We are still hoping to meet the November deadline.

12.) meet a goal/target etc

to achieve something that you are trying to achieve

▪ It's virtually impossible to meet the weekly sales targets.

▪ The scheme does not meet its objectives .

13.) meet a debt/cost/expense etc

to make a payment that needs to be made

▪ The government has promised to meet the cost of clearing up after the floods.

14.) there's more to sb/sth than meets the eye

used to say that someone or something is more interesting, intelligent etc than they seem to be

15.) our/their eyes meet

if two people's eyes meet, they look at each other

▪ Our eyes met momentarily, then he looked away.

▪ His eyes met Nina's and she smiled.

16.) meet sb's eye(s)/gaze/glance etc

to look directly at someone who is looking at you

▪ Ruth looked down, unable to meet his eye.

▪ She turned to meet his gaze.

17.) meet your eye(s)

if something meets your eyes, you see it

▪ An extraordinary scene met our eyes as we entered the room.

18.) meet your match

to compete against an opponent who is stronger or more skilful than you are

▪ I think he might have met his match in Simon.

19.) meet sb halfway

to do some of the things that someone wants, in order to reach an agreement with them

20.) meet (sth) head-on

a) if two moving vehicles meet head-on, they are facing each other and hit each other suddenly and violently

b) if you meet a problem head-on, you deal with it directly without trying to avoid it

21.) meet your death/end

to die in a particular way

▪ He met his death at the hands of enemy soldiers.

22.) meet your maker

to die - used humorously

23.) meet your Waterloo

to finally be defeated after you have been successful for a long time

→make ends meet [i]at ↑end¹ (18)

meet up phr v

1.) to meet someone in order to do something together

▪ We often meet up after work and go for a drink.

meet up with

▪ I've got to go now, but I'll meet up with you later.

2.) if roads, paths etc meet up, they join together at a particular place

meet up with

▪ The path eventually meets up with the main road.

meet with / [meet with sb/sth] phr v

1.) to have a meeting with someone

▪ Representatives of EU countries will meet with senior American politicians to discuss the trade crisis.

2.) also be met with sth

to get a particular reaction or result

meet with opposition/disapproval etc

▪ His comments have met with widespread opposition.

meet with support/approval etc

▪ Her ideas have met with support from doctors and health professionals.

meet with success/failure

(=succeed or fail)

▪ Our attempts at negotiation finally met with some success.

3.) meet with an accident

formal to be injured or killed in an accident

meet ²

meet² n

1.) track meet

especially AmE a sports competition between people running races, jumping over bars etc

2.) BrE an occasion when a group of people riding horses go out to hunt ↑foxes

meet ³

meet³ adj old use

[: Old English; Origin: gemAte]

right or suitable