adv meetly.
2. meet ·adj suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
3. meet ·vt to come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.
4. meet ·vt to assemble together; to congregate; as, congress meets on the first monday of december.
5. meet ·vt to come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
6. meet ·noun an assembling together; ·esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
7. meet ·vt to come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.
8. meet ·vt to join, or come in contact with; ·esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.
9. meet ·vt to perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.
10. meet ·vt to come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.
11. meet ·vt to come together by mutual approach; ·esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.
12. meet ·vt to come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.