Dictionary entry details
• MEET (noun)
Meaning:
A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
meet; sports meeting
Hypernyms ("meet" is a kind of...):
athletic competition; athletic contest; athletics (a contest between athletes)
Meronyms (parts of "meet"):
track and field (participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meet"):
gymkhana (a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes)
race meeting (a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track)
regatta (a meeting for boat races)
swim meet; swimming meet (a swimming competition between two or more teams)
track meet (a track and field competition between two or more teams)
• MEET (adjective)
Meaning:
Being precisely fitting and right
Synonyms:
meet; fitting
Context example:
it is only meet that she should be seated first
Similar:
just (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting)
• MEET (verb)
Meaning:
Come together
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
run across; meet; encounter; come across; run into; see
Context examples:
I'll probably see you at the meeting / How nice to see you again!
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
cross; intersect (meet at a point)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Get together socially or for a specific purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
get together; meet
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
celebrate; fete (have a celebration)
call; call in; visit (pay a brief visit)
rendezvous (meet at a rendezvous)
reunite (have a reunion; unite again)
pick up (meet someone for sexual purposes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be adjacent or come together
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
converge; meet
Context example:
The lines converge at this point
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
breast (meet at breast level)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Fill or meet a want or need
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
fulfil; satisfy; fulfill; meet; fill
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
cater; ply; provide; supply (provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
allay; assuage; quench; slake (satisfy (thirst))
feed on; feed upon (be sustained by)
appease; quell; stay (overcome or allay)
answer (be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Satisfy a condition or restriction
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
conform to; fit; meet
Context example:
Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
coordinate (be co-ordinated)
fill the bill; fit the bill (be what is needed or be good enough for what is required)
behoove; behove (be appropriate or necessary)
fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (fulfil the requirements or expectations of)
accommodate; fit; suit (be agreeable or acceptable to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Satisfy or fulfill
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
cope with; match; meet
Context examples:
meet a need / this job doesn't match my dreams
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage (come to terms or deal successfully with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Get to know; get acquainted with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context examples:
I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night! / we met in Singapore
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue meet
Sam cannot meet Sue
Meaning:
Collect in one place
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
foregather; forgather; assemble; gather; meet
Context examples:
We assembled in the church basement / Let's gather in the dining room
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
crowd; crowd together (to gather together in large numbers)
converge (move or draw together at a certain location)
turn out (come and gather for a public event)
caucus (meet to select a candidate or promote a policy)
club (gather and spend time together)
clump; cluster; constellate; flock (come together as in a cluster or flock)
convene (meet formally)
fort; fort up (gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense)
hive (move together in a hive or as if in a hive)
congregate (come together, usually for a purpose)
meet (meet by design; be present at the arrival of)
aggroup; group (form a group or group together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The crowds meet in the streets
Meaning:
Meet by design; be present at the arrival of
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
Can you meet me at the train station?
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
meet up with (meet with by appointment)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
take on; encounter; meet; play
Context examples:
Princeton plays Yale this weekend / Charlie likes to play Mary
"Meet" entails doing...:
compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
confront; face (oppose, as in hostility or a competition)
replay (repeat a game against the same opponent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue meet
Sam cannot meet Sue
Meaning:
Experience as a reaction
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
encounter; receive; meet
Context example:
My proposal met with much opposition
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
experience; have (undergo)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Undergo or suffer
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
suffer; meet
Context examples:
meet a violent death / suffer a terrible fate
Hypernyms (to "meet" is one way to...):
experience; go through; see; undergo (go or live through)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be in direct physical contact with; make contact
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
contact; adjoin; touch; meet
Context examples:
The two buildings touch / Their hands touched / The wire must not contact the metal cover / The surfaces contact at this point
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meet"):
lean against; lean on; rest on (rest on for support)
border; skirt; surround (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle)
abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)
hug (fit closely or tightly)
attach (be attached; be in contact with)
chafe; fray; fret; rub; scratch (cause friction)
adhere; cleave; cling; cohere; stick (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation)
cover; spread over (form a cover over)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
Our properties meet at this point
His fields meet mine at this point
