Meet(a.) Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
Meet(adv.) Meetly.
Meet(n.) An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
Meet(v. t.) 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.
Meet(v. t.) 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.
Meet(v. t.) 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.
Meet(v. t.) 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.
Meet(v. t.) 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.
Meet(v. t.) 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.
Meet(v. t.) To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.
Meet(v. t.) To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.
Meet(v. t.) To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
Meeting(n.) A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.
Meeting(n.) A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.
Meeting(n.) A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting.
Meeting(n.) An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.
Meeting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meet
Meetly(adv.) Fitly; suitably; properly.
Meetness(n.) Fitness; suitableness; propriety.
Words within meetings