Meaning of meet In English

• 0 to see and talk to someone for the first time:

  • They met at work.

  • I met her in Hawaii.

  • Would you like to meet my sister?

  • Come and meet (= be introduced to) my friend Laura.

• 1 to come together with someone intentionally:

  • Lorraine and I meet for lunch once a month.

  • We agreed to meet on Tuesday to discuss the project.

  • The children's club meets every Thursday afternoon.

  • They're meeting with their advisers to draw up a new plan.

  • The president met the UK prime minister in London yesterday.

  • It's always awkward when you meet someone you know but you can't remember their name.

  • Guess who I met in town today.

  • We met our old neighbours at an auction last Saturday.

• 2 to fulfil, satisfy, or achieve:

  • The workers' demands for higher pay were not met by the management.

  • We haven't yet been able to find a house that meets our needs/requirements.

  • They will only agree to sign the contract if certain conditions are met.

  • Do you think we will be able to meet our deadline/target?

  • The company has agreed to meet all our expenses.

• 3 to wait at a place for someone or something to arrive:

  • Will you meet me at the airport (= be there when the aircraft arrives)?

• 4 to touch or join something:

  • There's a large crack where the ceiling meets the wall.

  • The curtains don't quite meet.

  • The horizon is the line where the sky meets the earth.

• 5 to experience something:

  • I've never met that kind of problem/system before.

  • He met his death (= he died) in the icy waters of the South Atlantic.

• 6 a sports event:

  • a track/swim meet

  • the first meet of the season

• 7 to come together with another person:

  • [ I ] We agreed to meet on Tuesday at six.

  • [ I ] They’re meeting with their advisers to work out a new plan.

  • [ T ] The doctor unexpectedly met one of her patients in the supermarket.

  • [ T ] Will we meet Joyce’s plane (= be at the airport when she arrives)?

  • [ I ] The teams met twice this season (= competed against each other twice).

• 8 to become familiar with someone for the first time:

  • [ I ] They met at work.

  • [ T ] I’d like you to meet my friend Laura.

• 9 (esp. of objects) to join or touch:

  • [ I ] The curtains don’t meet in the middle of the window.

• 10 to fulfill, satisfy, or achieve:

  • We haven’t found office space that meets our needs.

  • Do you think she’ll be able to meet the deadline?

• 11 a sports event at which several teams or people compete:

  • a track meet

  • a swimming meet

• 12 to arrange to see a person or group of people in order to speak with them about something:

  • Team members arranged to meet at designated locations in their respective cities.

  • Committees meet regularly with planning groups.

  • Italy's lawmakers are meeting today to discuss the proposed new legislation.

  • meet sb Senior government officials attended a gathering in Dubai in September to meet international oil executives.

  • meet at sth Delegates will meet at the Imperial Hotel next Wednesday at 10.30.

  • meet in Washington/Dubai/Shanghai, etc. European Union leaders are meeting in Nice to decide on various reforms.

  • meet with sb Trust directors have already met with staff to review records and discuss future performance targets.

• 13 to achieve the result or level that had been expected:

  • We are on track to meet earnings forecasts.

  • Due to strong growth in the homes division, the company met its home completion target of 8,000 for the year.

  • meet a target/expectation/goal Profits this year will not meet expectations because of a slowdown in the worldwide economic recovery.

• 14 to satisfy a demand or need:

  • The mortgages they offer meet customer needs for flexibility.

  • meet a demand/need for sth To meet the demand for its services, the university is building a new campus.

  • meet the needs of sb/sth Many new jobs are service jobs to meet the daily needs of all the people moving to the region.

• 15 to do something that you must do because of a law or rule:

  • meet a condition/requirement/obligation The Government has threatened to seize the assets of companies that do not meet their obligations to pensioners.

  • be met by sb/sth Certain criteria must be met by applicants before they can enrol on the program.

• 16 to have enough money to pay for something, or to pay amounts you owe:

  • meet costs/payments/expenses Meeting mortgage payments is becoming increasingly difficult for more and more people.

  • be met by sb/sth

• 17 to have the money or resources you need in order to do something, especially something that you have not done before:

  • meet a challenge/opportunity We need a different set of strategies to help us meet the challenges of the new marketplace.

• 18 to finish work at the time or by a date that has been previously agreed:

  • Employees are under constant pressure to meet deadlines.

• 19 to reach an agreement with another person or group by offering them some of the things they want:

  • The bank offered to meet them halfway by splitting the difference.

  • He wants us to work to meet the stakeholders halfway to try to accommodate everyone's wishes.