I.
noun (esp. AmE )
ADJECTIVE
▪ gymnastics , race , swim , track
▪ hunt ( BrE )
▪ championship
▪ big , major
▪ dual
▪
a dual ~ against Canada
▪ spring , summer , etc.
▪ swap
▪
a swap ~ for collectors of Star Trek memorabilia
VERB + MEET
▪ hold
▪
This year's ~ was held in Anchorage, Alaska.
▪ attend , go to
▪
I can't go to your track ~ after school tomorrow.
▪ miss
▪
Brooke missed the ~ due to illness.
▪ win
▪
Sam's team won the track ~.
MEET + NOUN
▪ record
▪
Both scores were ~ records.
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
I swam faster at the last ~.
▪
Did you buy it at the swap ~?
II.
verb
1 come together
ADVERB
▪ first
▪
the place where they had first met
▪ regularly
▪ once
▪ never
▪ eventually , finally
▪
When these two finally met, the connection was electric.
▪ briefly
▪ privately , secretly
▪ face-to-face , in person , personally
▪
The three sisters rarely ~ in person, but spend hours on the phone.
▪ online
▪
an interactive site where people can ~ online
VERB + MEET
▪ arrange to
▪ chance to , happen to
▪
A year or so later I happened to ~ him again.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
We met the next day at a local bar.
▪ for
▪
I arranged to ~ her for lunch.
▪ with
▪
Management will ~ with union representatives next week.
▪
I met up with my friends in town.
PHRASES
▪ look forward to ~ing sb
▪
I look forward to ~ing you next week.
▪ nice to ~ you ( esp. AmE ), pleased to ~ you ( esp. BrE ) (= a greeting used when you meet sb for the first time)
2 satisfy sth
ADVERB
▪ head-on
▪
They were determined to ~ the challenge head-on.
VERB + MEET
▪ be able to , can
▪ be unable to , fail to
▪
He had failed to ~ his performance targets.
▪ be designed to , be tailored to
▪
The course is designed to ~ the needs of young learners.
3 sb's eyes/gaze/look
ADVERB
▪ squarely , unflinchingly , without flinching
▪
Leonora met his gaze without flinching.
▪ briefly
PREPOSITION
▪ across
▪
Their eyes met across the crowded room.
Meet is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ assembly , ↑ association , ↑ cabinet , ↑ committee , ↑ conference , ↑ council , ↑ delegation , ↑ eye , ↑ gaze , ↑ glance , ↑ lip , ↑ parliament
Meet is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ acquaintance , ↑ approval , ↑ arrival , ↑ aspiration , ↑ boyfriend , ↑ budget , ↑ challenge , ↑ claim , ↑ commitment , ↑ condition , ↑ cost , ↑ criterion , ↑ criticism , ↑ deadline , ↑ death , ↑ debt , ↑ definition , ↑ delegation , ↑ demand , ↑ demise , ↑ deputation , ↑ destiny , ↑ duty , ↑ ear , ↑ end , ↑ enemy , ↑ expectation , ↑ expenditure , ↑ expense , ↑ eye , ↑ fate , ↑ gaze , ↑ girlfriend , ↑ guideline , ↑ hero , ↑ husband , ↑ idol , ↑ liability , ↑ milestone , ↑ mission , ↑ need , ↑ neighbour , ↑ objection , ↑ objective , ↑ obligation , ↑ official , ↑ opposition , ↑ order , ↑ panel , ↑ payment , ↑ people , ↑ pope , ↑ press , ↑ projection , ↑ qualification , ↑ quota , ↑ realtor , ↑ reception , ↑ regulation , ↑ repayment , ↑ representative , ↑ request , ↑ requirement , ↑ resistance , ↑ responsibility , ↑ road , ↑ schedule , ↑ shortage , ↑ specification , ↑ standard , ↑ target , ↑ taste , ↑ threat , ↑ threshold , ↑ train , ↑ want , ↑ wife , ↑ wish