Meaning

14 senses

  1. 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?

    treffen, begegnen

    встреча́тьvstrečátʹ, встре́титьvstrétitʹ

    зустріча́тиzustričáty, зустрі́тиzustríty

    come together

  2. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

    Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.

    treffen

    встреча́тьvstrečátʹ, встре́титьvstrétitʹ, знако́митьсяznakómitʹsja

    be adjacent or come together

  3. To get acquainted with someone.

    I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.

    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!

    kennen lernen

    знако́митьсяznakómitʹsja, познако́митьсяpoznakómitʹsja

    get to know; get acquainted with

  4. To come together.

    To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.

    I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.

    treffen

    встреча́тьсяvstrečátʹsja, встре́титьсяvstrétitʹsja, собира́тьсяsobirátʹsja

  5. To come together in conflict.

    aufeinandertreffen, zusammenstoßen

    ста́лкиватьсяstálkivatʹsja, столкну́тьсяstolknútʹsja

  6. To play a match.

    England and Holland will meet in the final.

    treffen

  7. To make physical or perceptual contact.

    To converge and finally touch or intersect.

    The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.

    treffen

    сходи́тьсяsxodítʹsja, сойти́сьsojtísʹ, пересека́тьсяperesekátʹsja

  8. To touch or hit something while moving.

    The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.

    treffen

  9. 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.

    treffen

    соединя́тьсяsojedinjátʹsja, соедини́тьсяsojedinítʹsja

  10. (transitive)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.

  11. To satisfy; to comply with.

    This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.

    entsprechen, gerechtwerden, nachkommen

    отвеча́тьotvečátʹ, соответствоватьsootvetstvovatʹ

  12. (intransitive)To balance or come out correct.

Examples

12603 sentences

  1. You should have attended the meeting.

    Ти мусив би відвідати зустріч.

    deDu hättest zur Versammlung gehen sollen.

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  2. The meeting is ten days away.

    Зустріч буде за десять днів.

    deDas Treffen ist in zehn Tagen.

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  3. I met her an hour ago.

    Я зустрів її годину тому.

    ruЯ встретил её час назад.

    deIch habe sie vor einer Stunde getroffen.

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  4. I had met him once before.

    Я зустрівся з ним одного разу раніше.

    ruЯ уже однажды встречал его.

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  5. I've always wanted to meet you.

    Я завжди хотів з тобою познайомитися.

    ruЯ всегда хотел с Вами познакомиться.

    deIch wollte dich schon immer kennenlernen!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to come face to face with by accident; to encounter:
Русский
By meaning 7
to come face to face with by accident; to encounter:
to come face to face with someone by arrangement:
to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting:
to come together in conflict:
to converge and finally touch or intersect:
to adjoin; be physically touching:
to satisfy; to comply with:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to come face to face with by accident; to encounter:
to get acquainted with:
to come together in conflict:
to satisfy; to comply with:

Origin

From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto

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”).

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Forms

meets, meeting, met, met
Base formmeet · to meet
3rd person singularmeets
Present participlemeeting
Past simplemet
Past participlemet

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymeet
he, she, itmeets

Past simpleLesson

all personsmet

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave met
he, she, ithas met

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill meet

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

24 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

22 related words
Relatedmeetingmeeter
Derivedbemeetcountermeetcounter-meethail-fellow-well-metmeetablemeet-and-greetmeetaversarymeet cutemeeteemeetenmeet halfwaymeet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-butterymeet-meat mergermeet-me roommeet upmeet withmismeetremeetwatersmeetwell met

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • at the meeting
  • at today's meeting
  • attend the meeting
  • first met
  • today's meeting
  • want to meet
  • attend today's meeting
  • make ends meet
  • met each other
  • supposed to meet
  • ever met
  • the meeting was

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
medusameekmeerkatmeetingA1meetsmeg
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