1. [n]  a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
2. [adj]  being precisely fitting and right
3. [v]  contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
4. [v]  fill or meet a want or need
5. [v]  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"
6. [v]  meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
7. [v]  come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
8. [v]  undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
9. [v]  collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
10. [v]  get together socially or for a specific purpose
11. [v]  satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
12. [v]  get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
13. [v]  of a condition or restriction
14. [v]  be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
15. [v]  experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

1. \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [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}, v. t.]
   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.
   

2. \Meet\, v. t.
   1. To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in
      contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite
      directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in
      close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines
      meet so as to form an angle.
            O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor
            joined !                              --Milton.
   2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an
      encounter or conflict.
            Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve
            to better us and worse our foes.      --Milton.
   3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on
      the first Monday of December.
            They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2.
                                                  Macc. xiv. 21.
   4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree;
      to harmonize; to unite.
   {To meet with}.
      (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the
          sense of unexpectedness.
                We met with many things worthy of observation.
                                                  --Bacon.
      (b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak.
      (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to
          meet with a loss.
      (d) To encounter; to be subjected to.
                Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From
                the fierce prince.                --Rowe.
      (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.
   

3. \Meet\, n.
   An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for
   the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of
   meeting.
   

4. \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m?te
   moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G.
   m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See {Mete}.]
   Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
         It was meet that we should make merry.   --Luke xv. 32.
   {To be meet with}, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]
   

5. \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv.
   Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.
   

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