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Meaning of meet

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  meet
      adj 1: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that
             she should be seated first" [syn: {fitting}, {meet}]
      n 1: a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
           [syn: {meet}, {sports meeting}]
      v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
           nice to see you again!" [syn: {meet}, {run into},
           {encounter}, {run across}, {come across}, {see}]
      2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: {meet},
         {get together}]
      3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this
         point" [syn: {converge}, {meet}] [ant: {diverge}]
      4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: {meet}, {satisfy}, {fill},
         {fulfill}, {fulfil}]
      5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the
         requirements for the degree?" [syn: {meet}, {fit}, {conform
         to}]
      6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my
         dreams" [syn: {meet}, {match}, {cope with}]
      7: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
         "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {meet}, {gather},
         {assemble}, {forgather}, {foregather}]
      8: get to know; get acquainted with; "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; "Can you meet
         me at the train station?"
      10: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
          "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play
          Mary" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {play}, {take on}]
      11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
          opposition" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {receive}]
      12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a
          terrible fate" [syn: {suffer}, {meet}]
      13: 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" [syn: {touch}, {adjoin}, {meet}, {contact}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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