meet

verb
mēt

To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.

Other meanings

To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

Synonyms

run into
encounter
run across
come across
see

Example sentences

“It's rare to meet nice people like you.”
Tatoeba · TRANG · CC0
“The implementation does not meet the specified requirements.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Unfortunately, I never got to meet them.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "mētan" (to meet, find, encounter).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “meet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.