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  • 31meet — I [[t]mit[/t]] v. met, meet•ing, n. 1) to come into the presence of; encounter: I met him on the street yesterday[/ex] 2) to become acquainted with; be introduced to: I ve never met your cousin[/ex] 3) to join at an agreed or designated place or… …

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  • 32meet*/*/*/ — [miːt] (past tense and past participle met [met] ) verb 1) [I/T] to come together in order to spend time with someone who you have arranged to see I ll meet you in the bar later.[/ex] We re meeting for lunch tomorrow.[/ex] Sally and I met after… …

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  • 33meet — Synonyms and related words: Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics, abide by, abut, accepted, accommodate, accommodate with, accommodated, accord, accost, acknowledged, act up to, adapt, adapt to, adhere, adhere to, adjoin, adjust,… …

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  • 34meet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. encounter, intersect; oppose; greet, welcome; satisfy; refute; assemble, gather; contend. See agreement, assemblage, contact. adj. fitting. See expedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fitting, apt,… …

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  • 35meet — {{11}}meet (adj.) proper, fitting, O.E. gemæte, Anglian *gemete, suitable, having the same dimensions, from P.Gmc. *ga mætijaz (Cf. O.N. mætr, O.H.G. gimagi, Ger. gemäß suitable ), from collective prefix *ga + PIE *med to measure (see MEDICAL (Cf …

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  • 36meet up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms meet up : present tense I/you/we/they meet up he/she/it meets up present participle meeting up past tense met up past participle met up 1) to come together with someone, either unexpectedly or as planned We… …

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  • 37meet — meet1 verb (past and past participle met) 1》 arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of.     ↘make the acquaintance of (someone) for the first time.     ↘come together as opponents in a competition. 2》 experience (a situation or… …

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  • 38meet — 1. verb 1) I met an old friend on the train Syn: encounter, meet up with, come face to face with, run into, run across, come across/upon, chance on, happen on, stumble across/on; informal bump into 2) she first met Paul at a party Syn …

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  • 39meet — I v 1. encounter, come upon, accost, tace, come into contact, meet with, come across; fall across, run across, Inf. run into, Inf. bump into; happen upon, chance upon, stumble upon, light upon, hit upon. 2. make acquaintance with, be introduced… …

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  • 40meet — I. verb (met; meeting) Etymology: Middle English meten, from Old English mētan; akin to Old English gemōt assembly more at moot Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to come into the presence of ; find …

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