Definition of "meet" in Anglais

verb

1. To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.

2. (Of groups) To come together.

3. To make physical or perceptual contact.

4. To satisfy; to comply with.

   • This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.

5. (intransitive) To balance or come out correct.

   • 1967, Northern Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) House of Commons Official Report In this instance he has chosen an accountant. I suppose that it will be possible for an accountant to make the figures meet.

6. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

   • The eye met a horrid sight. He met his fate.

7. To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.

noun

1. (sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.

   • track meet
   • swim meet

2. (hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.

3. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.

4. (informal) A meeting.

   • OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.

5. (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.

adjective

1. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.

2. (obsolete) Submissive; passive.