Dictionary

Met en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛt/ (UK)

Etymology

Clipping of metropolitan.

Meanings

1. (London, informal) A Metropolitan line train.
2. A player for the New York Mets.

Forms

Met en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛt/ (UK)

Etymology

Clipping of metropolitan.

Meanings

1. (London) The London Underground Metropolitan line.
2. (London, historical) The Metropolitan Railway.
3. (London) The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS).
   • The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over its handling of the investigation. […] The Met said it had informed its own Directorate of Professional Standards and a "mandatory referral will be made to the IOPC in relation to the initial contact from the woman's friend". 2024 April 11, Victoria Cook, “Westminster murder inquiry: Woman, 27, named by police”, in bbc.com:
4. (US) The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
   • Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, though Jung and Freud’s boat ride through the Tunnel of Love seems to be a Doctorowian flight of fancy. 2022 September 7, Gillian Brassil, “The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
5. (New-York) The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.

Forms

Synonyms

Metropolitan · Metropolitan · Metropol