to meet
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1.0
- verb
- /miːt/
:
encontrarse
- The two roads meet at the traffic light, making it a busy intersection.
- eyes meet
- meet the water
It's Little House on the Prairie meets Dancing with the Stars.
- It's Little House on the Prairie meets Dancing with the Stars.
- OK, so it's The King's Speech meets The Matrix.
- Think of it as Pokémon meets Sesame Street.
- OK, now we call the point where those two curves meet the equilibrium.
- It's like Blue's Clues, but like, meets Goosebumps, you know?
- The world's most famous egg meets Bird Box.
- And where does that meet your art, right?
- That doesn't happen when these meet contact with dampness.
Examples
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The two cultures finally met in the middle of Sweden thousands of years ago.
Academic text (2008) -
The galleries were still empty, and they met no one as they climbed the spiraling ramps.
Fiction book (1991) -
And when you go back home, meet as many people as you can.
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We're still friends and you meet people along the way.
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So far it's just been going around and meeting with people.
Academic text (2017) -
Turns out they meet there every week, checking in as man and wife for the past two years.
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Think for a minute about what it takes to meet these competitive standards.
Academic text (1990) -
They're all over the world and we just meet on the Internet.
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In fact, the one place where she and Jilly really meet is through dancing.
Fiction book (1990) -
In Papua New Guinea, attempts to construct a sense of nationhood have met numerous obstacles.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Connect two things so they become attached
∞
1.0
Bring people, things, or information together in one place
499
1.1
To bring things or people together in one place
169
3.2
To bring people, animals, or things together in one place
152
3.3
To gather people in one place for a purpose
122
1.8
To come together with friends to spend time
118
2.8
To bring people together for a meeting or activity
81
2.1
To get together with someone by arrangement to spend time
70
1.9
Come together in a group near someone or something
51
5.5
To come together from different places and meet at one point
45
5.7
To bring people together for a formal meeting
35
2.1
Move toward each other and meet, often touching or closing around something
30
4.1
To come together in a group for a reason
2
3.0
To stand or move closely in a group
2
3.0
People and animals come together in a group for safety or shared interest
1
9.2
To come together in one place, often for a meeting
Come together in one place to meet or celebrate
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Etymology
The word meet once meant 'join' or 'come together', so walls, rails, or rivers that 'meet' simply come together at one point.