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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), verb (used with an object) [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}, verb (used with an object)]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mete \Mete\, verb (used without an object) & t. [imp. {Mette}; p. p. {Met}.] [AS. m?tan.] To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] ''I mette of him all night.'' --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Meta- \Met"a-\, Met- \Met-\ [Gr. meta' between, with, after; akin to AS. mid with, G. mit, Goth. mi[thorn], E. mid, in midwife.]
1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.
2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting: (a) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (b) (Organic Chem.) That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See {Ortho-}, and {Para-}. (c) (Inorganic Chem.) Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; -- said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively.
3. A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics, metalanguage. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Met \Met\, imp. & p. p. of {Meet}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Met \Met\, obs. imp. & p. p. of {Mete}, to measure. --Chapman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Met \Met\, obs. p. p. of {Mete}, to dream. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: {fitting}]
noun
1: a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held [syn: {sports meeting}]
verb
1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: {ran into}, {encounter}, {run across}, {come across}, {see}]
2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: {get together}]
3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" [syn: {converge}] [ant: {diverge}, {diverge}]
4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: {satisfy}, {fill}, {fulfill}, {fulfil}]
5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" [syn: {fit}, {conform to}]
6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" [syn: {match}, {cope with}]
7: get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
8: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {gather}, {assemble}, {forgather}, {foregather}]
9: meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
10: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" [syn: {encounter}, {play}, {take on}]
11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: {encounter}, {receive}]
12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" [syn: {suffer}]
13: 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" [syn: {touch}, {adjoin}, {contact}] [also: {met}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MET Memory Enhancement Technology (HP), "MEt"
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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