meet cute
meet cute · meets cute · met cute · meeting cute
Of characters in a story or people in real life: to meet each other in an adorable,…Of characters in a story or people in real life: to meet each other in an adorable, amusing, or cute way.
UK/ˈmiːt ˌkjuːt/US/ˈmit ˌkjuːt/
» Michael let himself fantasize about meeting a cute girl.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(informal)Of characters in a story or people in real life: to meet each other in an adorable, amusing, or cute way.
Examples
1 sentencesMichael let himself fantasize about meeting a cute girl.
Origin
Accidentally coined by German-American film director Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), who had dAccidentally coined by German-American film director Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), who had difficulty speaking English, to describe the encounter between the characters played by Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper in the 1938 film Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife.
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Forms
meets cute, meeting cute, met cute, met cute| Base form | meet cute · to meet cute |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | meets cute |
| Present participle | meeting cute |
| Past simple | met cute |
| Past participle | met cute |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle