1. (

• meet ,
• sports_meeting

) a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held ;

1. (

• meet ,
• run_into ,
• encounter ,
• run_across ,
• come_across ,
• see

) come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" ;

2. (

• meet ,
• get_together ,

) get together socially or for a specific purpose ;

3. (

• converge ,
• meet ,

) be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" ;

4. (

• fit ,
• conform_to ,
• meet ,
• satisfy ,
• fill ,
• fulfill ,
• fulfil

) fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"; "This job doesn't match my dreams"; "meet a need" ;

5. (

• meet ,
• gather ,
• assemble ,
• forgather ,
• foregather

) collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" ;

6. (

• meet ,

) get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore" ;

7. (

• meet ,

) meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?" ;

8. (

• meet ,
• encounter ,
• play ,
• take_on ,

) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" ;

9. (

• meet ,
• encounter ,
• receive

) experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" ;

10. (

• suffer ,
• meet

) undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" ;

11. (

• touch ,
• adjoin ,
• meet ,
• contact ,

) be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" ;

1. (

• fitting ,
• meet

) being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" ;