MEET


Meaning of MEET in English

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .