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    Meet

    Definitions

    1 | verb | come together 2 | verb | get together socially or for a specific purpose 3 | verb | be adjacent or come together 4 | verb | fill or meet a want or need 5 | verb | satisfy a condition or restriction 6 | verb | satisfy or fulfill 7 | verb | collect in one place 8 | verb | get to know; get acquainted with (15 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    m'eet (IPA: mˈit)

    Hyphenation

    meet (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1831 (Industrial Revolution) (194 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old English |

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 663rd most common (1 in 6897 words) ( > 99% verb | 0% noun | 0% adjective)

    spoken: 712th most common (1 in 10101 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    met | meeting | meets | meeter | meetest

    Synonyms

    come across | encounter | run across | run into | see | get together | converge | fill | fulfil | fulfill | satisfy | conform to | fit | cope with | match | ... (total: 29)

    Narrower terms

    cross | intersect | call | call in | celebrate | fete | pick up | rendezvous | reunite | visit | breast | allay | answer | appease | assuage | ... (total: 87)

    Broader terms

    cater | ply | provide | supply | agree | check | correspond | fit | gibe | jibe | match | tally | contend | cope | deal | ... (total: 33)

    Rhymes

    backseat | beat | beet | cheat | cleat | compete | complete | conceit | concrete | deceit | defeat | delete | deplete | discreet | discrete | ... (total: 53) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Homophones

    meat | mete

    Lexically close words

    beet | feet | meed | meek

    Anagrams

    mete | teem

    Other notable uses

    Meet Ghamr (Egypt, 121039 people)

    Till We Meet Again (Judith Krantz) | We'll Meet Again (Mary Higgins Clark) | The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)

    When Ladies Meet | When Ladies Meet | The Three Stooges Meet Hercules | The Five People You Meet in Heaven | Meet the Spartans | ... (total: 24)

    meet.com | meet.org | meet.info | meet.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    A runner may enter one | A runner might enter it | An athlete might swim in it | Appropriate | Assemble | Bump into | Come across | Come before, as the eyes | Come up to | Competition with shot putters and hurdlers | ... (total: 39) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    6 (International English) | 6 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ???-6338

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