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Noun
S:
(n)
meet (meet%1:11:00::)
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sports meeting (sports_meeting%1:11:00::)
(a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held)
Verb
S:
(v)
meet (meet%2:38:01::)
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run into (run_into%2:38:01::)
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encounter (encounter%2:38:00::)
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run across (run_across%2:38:00::)
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come across (come_across%2:38:00::)
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see (see%2:38:00::)
(come together)
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
S:
(v)
meet (meet%2:41:01::)
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get together (get_together%2:41:01::)
(get together socially or for a specific purpose)
S:
(v)
converge (converge%2:42:00::)
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meet (meet%2:42:02::)
(be adjacent or come together)
"The lines converge at this point"
S:
(v)
fit (fit%2:34:00::)
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conform to (conform_to%2:34:00::)
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meet (meet%2:34:00::)
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satisfy (satisfy%2:34:01::)
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fill (fill%2:34:02::)
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fulfill (fulfill%2:34:00::)
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fulfil (fulfil%2:34:00::)
(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"
S:
(v)
meet (meet%2:41:00::)
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gather (gather%2:41:00::)
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assemble (assemble%2:41:00::)
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forgather (forgather%2:41:00::)
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foregather (foregather%2:41:00::)
(collect in one place)
"We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
S:
(v)
meet (meet%2:41:03::)
(get to know; get acquainted with)
"I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
S:
(v)
meet (meet%2:38:06::)
(meet by design; be present at the arrival of)
"Can you meet me at the train station?"
S:
(v)
meet (meet%2:33:00::)
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encounter (encounter%2:33:00::)
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play (play%2:33:02::)
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take on (take_on%2:33:01::)
(contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle)
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
S:
(v)
meet (meet%2:42:00::)
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encounter (encounter%2:42:02::)
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receive (receive%2:42:00::)
(experience as a reaction)
"My proposal met with much opposition"
S:
(v)
suffer (suffer%2:39:02::)
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meet (meet%2:39:00::)
(undergo or suffer)
"meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
S:
(v)
touch (touch%2:35:01::)
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adjoin (adjoin%2:35:03::)
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meet (meet%2:35:00::)
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contact (contact%2:35:03::)
(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"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
fitting (fitting%3:00:00:just:00)
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meet (meet%3:00:00:just:00)
(being precisely fitting and right)
"it is only meet that she should be seated first"