meet
[mi:t]
n. , 集

a. 适宜, 合适

vt. 见, 见, 识, 满足, 付

vi. , 接触

[] ; 点

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meet
met
[ noun ]

1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

<noun.event>

[ verb ]

1. come together

<verb.motion> come across encounter run across run into see
I'll probably see you at the meeting
How nice to see you again!

2. get together socially or for a specific purpose

<verb.social> get together

3. be adjacent or come together

<verb.stative> converge
The lines converge at this point

4. fill or meet a want or need

<verb.consumption> fill fulfil fulfill satisfy

5. satisfy a condition or restriction

<verb.stative> conform to fit
Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?

6. satisfy or fulfill

<verb.social> cope with match
meet a need
this job doesn't match my dreams

7. collect in one place

<verb.social> assemble foregather forgather gather
We assembled in the church basement
Let's gather in the dining room

8. get to know; get acquainted with

<verb.social>
I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!
we met in Singapore

9. meet by design; be present at the arrival of

<verb.motion>
Can you meet me at the train station?

10. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

<verb.competition> encounter play take on
Princeton plays Yale this weekend
Charlie likes to play Mary

11. experience as a reaction

<verb.stative> encounter receive
My proposal met with much opposition

12. undergo or suffer

<verb.perception> suffer
meet a violent death
suffer a terrible fate

13. be in direct physical contact with; make contact

<verb.contact> adjoin contact touch
The two buildings touch
Their hands touched
The wire must not contact the metal cover
The surfaces contact at this point

[ adj ]

1. being precisely fitting and right

<adj.all>
it is only meet that she should be seated first

Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Met} (m[e^]t); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Meeting}.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t,
gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel.
m[ae]ta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See {Moot}, v. t.]
1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact
with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon
or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact
by following and overtaking.

2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to
encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated
them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.

3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come
close to; to intercept; to come within the perception,
influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a
junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to
meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.

His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi.
34.

4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal
acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, 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.
--Pope.

5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to
satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the
supply meets the demand.

{To meet half way}, literally, to go half the distance
between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to
yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect
a compromise or reconciliation with.


Meet \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS.
m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete,
and G. m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See {Mete}.]
Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

It was meet that we should make merry. --Luke xv. 32.

{To be meet with}, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]


Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv.
Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.


Meet \Meet\, v. t.
1. To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in
contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite
directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in
close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines
meet so as to form an angle.

O, when meet now
Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined !
--Milton.

2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an
encounter or conflict.

Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton.

3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on
the first Monday of December.

They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2.
Macc. xiv. 21.

4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree;
to harmonize; to unite.

{To meet with}.
(a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the
sense of unexpectedness.

We met with many things worthy of observation.
--Bacon.
(b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak.
(c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to
meet with a loss.
(d) To encounter; to be subjected to.

Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury
From the fierce prince. --Rowe.
(e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.


Meet \Meet\, n.
An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for
the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of
meeting.