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meet

Definition for meet

adjective as in fitting

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accommodated, appropriate, conformed, expedient, fair, fit, good, reconciled, right

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applicable, apt, equitable, felicitous, happy, just, proper, suitable, timely

noun as in sporting event involving several participants

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tournament, tourney

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competition, conflict, contest, event, match, meeting

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verb as in happen upon, encounter

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contact, face, find, greet, see

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accost, collide, confront, cross, encounter, engage, experience, grapple, hit, light, luck, salute, stumble, tumble, tussle

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brush against, bump into, chance on, come across, come up against, dig up, fall in with, get-together, make a meet, meet face to face, rendezvous with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run up against, touch shoulders

verb as in connect, join

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abut, adhere, adjoin, border, coincide, connect, converge, cross, intersect, link, touch, unite

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verb as in perform, carry out

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answer, approach, comply, discharge, equal, execute, fit, fulfill, gratify, handle, rival, suffice, tie, touch

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come up to, cope with, measure up

verb as in come together, convene

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appear, gather, join, open, show, sit

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assemble, collect, congregate, converge, flock, foregather, muster, rally, rendezvous

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be introduced, be present, be presented, enter in, get to know, get-together, make acquaintance

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Example Sentences

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Back outside, with a view of the port and the sunlit open sea, we met a merchant seaman, relaxing on a bench, who told us his son worked for the New York Times.

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Alana King returned the best figures in Women's World Cup history as Australia hammered South Africa by seven wickets to set up a semi-final meeting with India.

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They just hadn’t met the Toronto Blue Jays yet.

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The two artists met at the Louvre in about 1865, and the show opens with a gallery of portraits Manet painted of Morisot shortly thereafter.

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Flip around a tarantula so it’s belly up and you’ll be met with sizable fangs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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