Meaning

2 senses
  1. (archaic)Suitable; right; proper.

    recht

    подходя́щийpodxodjáščij

    being precisely fitting and right

  2. (obsolete)Submissive; passive.

Examples

12603 sentences
  1. You should have attended the meeting.

    Ти мусив би відвідати зустріч. — deniko

    deDu hättest zur Versammlung gehen sollen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The meeting is ten days away.

    Зустріч буде за десять днів. — deniko

    deDas Treffen ist in zehn Tagen. — Zaghawa

  3. I met her an hour ago.

    Я зустрів її годину тому. — deniko

    ruЯ встретил её час назад. — Lenin_1917

    deIch habe sie vor einer Stunde getroffen. — xtofu80

  4. I had met him once before.

    Я зустрівся з ним одного разу раніше. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ уже однажды встречал его. — odexed

  5. I've always wanted to meet you.

    Я завжди хотів з тобою познайомитися. — deniko

    ruЯ всегда хотел с Вами познакомиться. — marafon

    deIch wollte dich schon immer kennenlernen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
(archaic in English) suitable, right; proper:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(archaic in English) suitable, right; proper:

Origin

From Middle English mete, imete, from Old English ġemǣte (“suitable, having the same measu

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”).

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Forms

meeter, meetest
Comparativemeeter Lesson
Superlativemeetest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • being precisely fitting and right:fitting

Word family

4 related words

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

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