to meet with
236
3.0
- phrasal verb
- /mit wɪð/
:
encontrarse con
- His proposal was met with skepticism during the meeting.
- meet with success
- meet with approval
- meet with resistance
It's just I'm always met with this dilemma every single year.
- It's just I'm always met with this dilemma every single year.
- Or you might be met with more gaslighting.
- The claim was met with much skepticism.
- And when you push back, you may be met with we're equitable.
Examples
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Posing this question to our partners in other traditions, we were met with an enthusiastic response.
Academic text (2015) -
Listen, I have to meet with an important investor.
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Was this simple question met with a simple response?
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Did you meet with her personally?
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Our operation in Beijing met with limited success.
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All efforts to improve teaching and learning have met with partial success, at best.
Academic text (1992) -
He says he wants to meet with you.
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And by the way, this was met with a hailstorm of criticism.
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Permission for the researcher to meet with the athletes was granted by all four coaches.
Academic text (1999) -
In July, a North Korean vice-premier visited Seoul and met with President Roh Tae Woo.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
325
2.0
To get a reaction from people, for example praise or criticism
How Favorable
331
1.0
236
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to receive or encounter a reaction' follows directly from combining 'meet' (to experience or come up against) with 'with' (accompanied by), so the sense of encountering a response is compositionally predictable. This verb + preposition pattern is common and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The verb meet with may come from the simple image of an idea or action coming up to people and being met by their response—applause, silence, or boos. So, if something is met with a reaction today, it 'receives' that response.