meet
come together
How often you will meet it
Rank 502 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 40,088 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.019% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- come together also: run into, encounter, run across, come across, see I'll probably see you at the meetingHow nice to see you again!
- get together socially or for a specific purpose also: get together
- be adjacent or come together also: converge The lines converge at this point
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction also: fit, conform to, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?This job doesn't match my dreams
- collect in one place also: gather, assemble, forgather, foregather We assembled in the church basementLet's gather in the dining room
- get to know; get acquainted with I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!we met in Singapore
meet in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I felt his eyes challenge mine, and I was forced to meet his darkly questioning gaze.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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A figure rose from one of the basket chairs, and came a few steps to meet us.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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He saw the girl and her chaperon come out of Durfee; and he lingered to meet them.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet!
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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And in a word, I put my whole stress upon this, "Either that I must meet with some ship or certainly perish."
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1