meet

Examples

• All

• Let an action as bold as Eve's meet with your approval.

• Remember that the world's met stations were never located in such a way as to estimate global climate change.

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• Benefits was the only area in which the number of clients with unmet needs exceeded those with met needs.

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• After Katrina, questions about met-ocean models took on a new urgency.

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• For tomorrow is St. Thomas' Eve, and the Octave of St. Peter, and therefore tomorrow I long to go to God, which would be a day very meet and convenient for me.

• "Well met or ill, my pallid shadow?"

• Let an action as bold as Eve's meet with your approval.

Synonyms

F

fitting

vsmeet

168 2.6

Suitable for a person, purpose, or event

is an archaic term mainly found in older or historical language

M

meeter

vsmeet

• Archaic

9.4

More suitable for a particular purpose or situation

is the base form without the comparative degree

Antonyms

I

inappropriate

354 3.7

Not right for a situation or event

U

unsuitable

20 2.6

Not right for a person, place, or purpose

Idioms

M

to meet one's maker

• Informal

3 9.0

To die, often with the idea of facing God

M

to meet a sticky end

• Archaic

8.3

To die in a sudden or violent way

H

hi pot, meet kettle

• Informal

9.9

A comment that points out a fault you also have

Compounds

T

track meet

• US

6 3.4

A competition where athletes run, jump, and throw for teams or schools

S

swim meet

• US

5 2.4

An event where swimmers from different teams race each other

C

cornfield meet

9.2

An event in a cornfield where people meet to celebrate

S

swimming meet

• US

2.5

An event where swimmers race for their team or club

How Appropriate

ideal

203 4.2

meet

• Archaic

9.9

suitable

172 1.8

adequate

234 2.7

Surface Forms

Etymology