From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot.
Meanings
A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.
track meet
swim meet
Everyone has to experience their first swim meet. They have to get through their first race, their first DQ (disqualification), and their first miss/scratch of an event. Like all swimmers, my first swim meet was nerve-wracking. 2009, Alexandria Mangas, Janet Hommel Mangas, Oxygen for the Swimmer, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 91:
A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
(informal) A meeting.
You feel me? You use these phones to set up a meet, go to that meet… and talk face to face, period. 2002, George Pelecanos, “Cleaning Up”, in The Wire, season 1, episode 12 (television production):
So what do you wanna do? I wanna be absolutely fucking sure. That's what I wanna do. We arrange a meet. I'll feel him out a little bit. 2004, Matthew Weiner, “Rat Pack”, in The Sopranos, season 5, episode 2 (television production):
Rosen assured Cregger that he had left no paper trail in bringing the rock into the States. Pretending to be reassured, Cregger agreed to a location for a meet: Tuna’s, a small restaurant and margarita bar off West Dixie highway in North Miami Beach. 2012 February 23, Joe Kloc, “The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks”, in Wired, →ISSN:
OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.
The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot.
Meanings
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity. ▸ To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
Yesterday, upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away[…] 1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity. ▸ To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.
With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 10, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity. ▸ To get acquainted with someone.
I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.
José, I don't think you've met my friend Maria.
I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!
Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
(of groups) To come together. ▸ To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.
(of groups) To come together. ▸ To come together in conflict.
Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
May serve to better us and worse our foes. 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Sir said Epynegrys is þᵗ the rule of yow arraunt knyghtes for to make a knyght to Iuste will he or nyll
As for that sayd Dynadan make the redy
for here is for me
And there with al they spored theyr horses & mett to gyders soo hard that Epynegrys smote doune sir Dynadan 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter LV, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
The dispatches[…] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners. 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
(of groups) To come together. ▸ To play a match.
England and Holland will meet in the final.
To make physical or perceptual contact. ▸ To converge and finally touch or intersect.
The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.
Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
To make physical or perceptual contact. ▸ To touch or hit something while moving.
The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.
To make physical or perceptual contact. ▸ To adjoin, be physically touching.
The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room. The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast.
(transitive) To make physical or perceptual contact. ▸ To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.
He met every objection to the trip with another reason I should go.
Carrados knew quite enough of flint implements—as indeed he seemed to know enough of any subject beneath the sun—to be able to talk on level terms with an expert, and he was quite equal to meeting a reference to Evans or to Nadaillac with another. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
To satisfy; to comply with.
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today. 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.
(intransitive) To balance or come out correct.
1967, Northern Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) House of Commons Official Report
In this instance he has chosen an accountant. I suppose that it will be possible for an accountant to make the figures meet.
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
[…] And all we met was fair and good,
And all was good that Time could bring, […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 40:
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. 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
‘I’m planning a sort of fabliau comparing this place with a fascist state,’ said Sampson, ‘sort of Animal Farm meets Arturo Ui . . .’ 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 19:
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to encounter) · az rast gəlmək (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · nn møte (sport: to play a match) · te ఏర్పాటు (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ka აწყდება (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hu találkozik (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · da træffe (to touch or hit something while moving) · de treffen (sport: to play a match) · tr buluşmak (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · cmn 遇見 /遇见 (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cic ittafama (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · my တွေ့ (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · it riunire (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · yo pàdé (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ca trobar-se (amb) (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ro a întâlni (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ka ერთდება (to adjoin; be physically touching) · hu ülésezik (to gather for a formal or social discussion; 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to encounter) · cic ittafama (to come together in conflict) · fi kohdata (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · bg срещам се (to adjoin; be physically touching) · ru соедини́ться (to adjoin; be physically touching) · ru встре́тить (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cs setkat se (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ru знако́миться (to get acquainted with) · fr heurter (to touch or hit something while moving) · zdj uhondrana na (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ka წააწყდება (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · th พบ (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · izh vassata (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · rup alãhãescu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · fr se rencontrer (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · es conocer (to get acquainted with) · hu mérkőzik (sport: to play a match) · ms berjumpa (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · bg събирам се (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · th ประสบ (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hu akad (to perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer) · fi tavata (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · cs splnit (to satisfy; to comply with) · ko 뵙다 (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · tyz chập (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · nl raken (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · lad arrenkontrar (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cic ittafama (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · it incontrarsi (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · ka ხვდება (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · ka იცნობს (to get acquainted with) · ee kpe (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ru соответствовать (to satisfy; to comply with) · ka ეტაკება (to come together in conflict) · gl atopar (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · fr rencontrer (to get acquainted with) · fr se réunir (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · nl ontmoeten (to get acquainted with) · tyz cáp (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ca reunir (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · sv uppfylla (to satisfy; to comply with) · haw hui (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · pt satisfazer (to satisfy; to comply with) · hu tart (to satisfy; to comply with) · da træffe (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · my တွေ့ (to get acquainted with) · da mødes (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · la conveniō (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · kbd ӏущӏэн (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ta சந்தி (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · rup andãmusescu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ady ӏукӏэн (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · de treffen (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · ja 知り合う (to get acquainted with) · ru пересека́ться (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · sv mötas (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · da ramme (to touch or hit something while moving) · id menemui (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hu kifizet (to satisfy; to comply with) · be сустрэ́ць (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · eo renkonti (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · pl zobaczyć się (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · gl atopar (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ar تَعَرَّفَ (to get acquainted with) · la coeo (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · dlm encontrur (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · km ប្រចួប (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · oc encontrar (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · el συναντώ (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · pl poznać (to get acquainted with) · es quedar (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ka შეხვდება (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · grc ἀπαντάω (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ru собра́ться (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · it conformarsi (to satisfy; to comply with) · sk stretať (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · sv träffa (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ro a întâlni (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · mi tūtaki (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · el συναντιέμαι (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · hu elé tárul (to perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer) · haw hui (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · tr karşılaşmak (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · qu tariy (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · af ontmoet (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hu eleget tesz (to satisfy; to comply with) · cy cwrdd (â) (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · ka ხვდება (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · mk сре́ќава (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · sv träffas (to get acquainted with) · ar لَقِيَ (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · da mødes (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · pl widzieć się (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · haw hālāwai (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · hu fogad (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · th เจอกัน (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ro a raspunde (to satisfy; to comply with) · nb møte (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cy cwrdd (â) (to satisfy; to comply with) · it incontrare (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · mi whakahei (to satisfy; to comply with) · hu fedez (to satisfy; to comply with) · fr satisfaire (to satisfy; to comply with) · it soddisfare (to satisfy; to comply with) · tr rastlaşmak (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · th เจอ (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cmn 匯合 /汇合 (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · gd tachair (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · ru соединя́ться (to adjoin; be physically touching) · sw kukutana (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cs potkávat (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · de treffen (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · hu megismer (to get acquainted with) · ka შეერთდება (to adjoin; be physically touching) · pt conhecer (to get acquainted with) · te కలుసుకొను (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hu hozzáér (to adjoin; be physically touching) · es reunirse (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · pl spotykać (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · sv möta (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · hu összeér (to adjoin; be physically touching) · hu megismerkedik (to get acquainted with) · ka ებრძოლება (to come together in conflict) · ka ხვდება (sport: to play a match) · kix vāu (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · nb møte (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · ar اِلْتَقَى (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · id bertemu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ja 遭遇する (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · rup astalj (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · yi טרעפֿן (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · kix vāu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · la oppetō (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ru ста́лкиваться (to come together in conflict) · az görüşmək (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · zdj hwonana (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · de treffen (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · nl treffen (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · tyz phúng (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ja 会う (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · fi kohdata (to come together in conflict) · cs potkat (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · de begegnen (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · el συναντώ (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · hu kereszteződik (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · ru познако́миться (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · fr rejoindre (to adjoin; be physically touching) · hu találkozik (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · es encontrarse (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · fi kohdata (sport: to play a match) · nl afspreken (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · hu nekiütközik (to touch or hit something while moving) · hu egybegyűlik (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · fi kohdata (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · es encontrarse (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · gd tachair (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · sv mötas (to get acquainted with) · fr (s')affronter (to come together in conflict) · es cumplir con (to satisfy; to comply with) · el συναντιέμαι (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · uk зустріча́ти (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · tl magkita (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · eo ekkoni (to get acquainted with) · hu bukkan (to perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer) · sh sresti (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ka შეეტაკება (to come together in conflict) · km ប៉ះ (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ka შეხვდება (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · sl srečati (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hu stimmel (to balance or come out correct) · gd tachair (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ms bertemu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · fi tavata (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · la occurro (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · fi kohdata (to adjoin; be physically touching) · af ontmoet (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · pl spotkać (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · el συναντώ (to adjoin; be physically touching) · hu érintkezik (to adjoin; be physically touching) · cy cwrdd (â) (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · dsb zmakaś (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · te కలుసుకొను (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · th หา (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hu kijön (to balance or come out correct) · bg сблъсквам се (to come together in conflict) · hu dacol (to come together in conflict) · af ontmoet (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · az tanış olmaq (to get acquainted with) · ee tu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · pl spotkać się (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ru столкну́ться (to come together in conflict) · hu összecsap (sport: to play a match) · th พบกัน (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · sk stretávať (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ro a se înfrunta (sport: to play a match) · hu egyesül (to be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of) · hu összegyűlik (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · nl ontmoeten (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ro a se întâlni (sport: to play a match) · ka შეებრძოლება (to come together in conflict) · ms terjumpa (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ru сойти́сь (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · cs seznámit se (to get acquainted with) · de treffen (to touch or hit something while moving) · vi gặp (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · de treffen (to adjoin; be physically touching) · sv träffa (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · fa دیدار کردن (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · be сустрака́ць (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · swb uangulidzana (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · fi tavata (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · sv möta (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · izh vassata (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · la occurrō (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ru встре́тить (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · az toplanmaq (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · bg срещам (sport: to play a match) · pt reunir (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · nl vervullen (to satisfy; to comply with) · fi tutustua (to get acquainted with) · hu kielégít (to satisfy; to comply with) · fr se retrouver (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · sq takoj (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · nl leren kennen (to get acquainted with) · nrf rencontrer (to get acquainted with) · ky учуроо (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · grc ἐντυγχάνω (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · sv träffas (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · tpi bung (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · tyz thuông (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · nb møte (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · cy cyfarfod (â) (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hi मिलना (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · de gerechtwerden (to satisfy; to comply with) · sq luj (sport: to play a match) · ka გადააწყდება (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · jv pranggul (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ru отвеча́ть (to satisfy; to comply with) · hu összeül (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · ur ... سے ملنا (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hu megvár (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ko 만나다 (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · nn møte (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · ru познако́миться (to get acquainted with) · hu szembeszáll (to come together in conflict) · uk зустрі́ти (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · tyz ngộ (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · hu ér (to adjoin; be physically touching) · fi kohdata (to touch or hit something while moving) · rup cunushtusescu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · rup mpichi (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · rup stãvrusescu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ar تَقَابَلَ (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · nn møte (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · he נתקל (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ru пересе́чься (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · cs uspokojit (to satisfy; to comply with) · nn møte (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · tr kesişmek (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · pl poznawać (to get acquainted with) · lt sutikti (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · he פגע (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · fr se donner rendez-vous (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · la occurro (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · hu találkozik (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · rup mi-aflu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · de treffen (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · lt susitikti (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ta சந்தி (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · hu összefut (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · eu batzar egin (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · vi làm quen (to get acquainted with) · cmn 聚會 /聚会 (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ru сходи́ться (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · az görüşmək (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · tpi bungim (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · pt encontrar (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · ee kpe (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · cs zasedat (to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting) · hu ütközik (to touch or hit something while moving) · ruq nuib (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cmn 認識 /认识 (to get acquainted with) · ru встреча́ть (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cy cwrdd (â) (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · gl atopar (to touch or hit something while moving) · nl elkander ontmoeten (to come together in conflict) · sw kukutana (to converge and finally touch or intersect) · km ជួប (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · cmn 見面 /见面 (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cs vyhovovat (to satisfy; to comply with) · da møde (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · cs sejít se (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · tl magtagpô (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · sa आप्नोति (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · gu મળવું (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · pl spotykać się (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · es encontrarse con (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · sq përball (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · de kennen lernen (to get acquainted with) · ja 遭う (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · bg запознавам се (to get acquainted with) · nrf rencontrer (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · ar اِلْتَقَى (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · la satisfacio (to satisfy; to comply with) · ru встреча́ть (to come face to face with someone by arrangement) · el γνωρίζω (to get acquainted with) · tr rastlamak (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · rup astãhisescu (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter) · sh срести (to come face to face with by accident; to encounter)
From Middle English mete, imete, from Old English ġemǣte (“suitable, having the same measurements”), from the Proto-Germanic *gamētijaz, *mētiz (“reasonable; estimable”) (cognate with Dutch meten (“measure”), German gemäß (“suitable”) etc.), itself from collective prefix *ga- + Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).
Meanings
(archaic) Suitable; right; proper.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him an helpe meet for him. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:18:
The mountain birds are sweeter,
But the valley birds are fatter,
And so we deemed it meeter
To carry off the latter. 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter VIII, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):
It ſeemes not meete, nor wholeſome to my place, / To be producted, (as, if I ſtay, I ſhall,) / Againſt the Moore. […] c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 311:
[…] it is therefore but meet, that in this place we set down who the Pequod's harpooneers were, and to what headsman each of them belonged. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XXVII, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 131:
And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 8:26: