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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  Meet
       
          greatest lower bound

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m[e^]t); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t,
     gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel.
     m[ae]ta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See Moot, v. t.]
     1. 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.
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     2. 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.
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     3. 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.
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              His daughter came out to meet him.    --Judg. xi.
                                                    34.
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     4. 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.
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              Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
              Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.
                                                    --Pope.
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     5. 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.
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     To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance
        between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to
        yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect
        a compromise or reconciliation with.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Meet \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS.
     m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete,
     and G. m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See Mete.]
     Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
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           It was meet that we should make merry.   --Luke xv. 32.
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     To be meet with, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv.
     Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Meet \Meet\, v. t.
     1. 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.
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              O, when meet now
              Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined !
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an
        encounter or conflict.
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              Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
              May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton.
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     3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on
        the first Monday of December.
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              They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2.
                                                    Macc. xiv. 21.
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     4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree;
        to harmonize; to unite.
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     To meet with.
        (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the
            sense of unexpectedness.
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                  We met with many things worthy of observation.
                                                    --Bacon.
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        (b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak.
        (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to
            meet with a loss.
        (d) To encounter; to be subjected to.
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                  Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury
                  From the fierce prince.           --Rowe.
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        (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Meet \Meet\, n.
     An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for
     the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of
     meeting.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m[e^]t); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t,
     gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel.
     m[ae]ta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See Moot, v. t.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. 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.
  
              His daughter came out to meet him.    --Judg. xi.
                                                    34.
  
     4. 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.
  
              Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which
              meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope.
  
     5. 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.
  
     To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance
        between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to
        yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect
        a compromise or reconciliation with.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Meet \Meet\, v. t.
     1. 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.
  
              O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor
              joined !                              --Milton.
  
     2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an
        encounter or conflict.
  
              Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve
              to better us and worse our foes.      --Milton.
  
     3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on
        the first Monday of December.
  
              They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2.
                                                    Macc. xiv. 21.
  
     4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree;
        to harmonize; to unite.
  
     To meet with.
        (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the
            sense of unexpectedness.
  
                  We met with many things worthy of observation.
                                                    --Bacon.
        (b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak.
        (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to
            meet with a loss.
        (d) To encounter; to be subjected to.
  
                  Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From
                  the fierce prince.                --Rowe.
        (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Meet \Meet\, n.
     An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for
     the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of
     meeting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Meet \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m?te
     moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G.
     m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See Mete.]
     Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
  
           It was meet that we should make merry.   --Luke xv. 32.
  
     To be meet with, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv.
     Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  meet
       adj : being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she
             should be seated first" [syn: fitting]
       n : a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
           [syn: sports meeting]
       v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
            nice to see you again!" [syn: ran into, encounter, run
            across, come across, see]
       2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: get
          together]
       3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this
          point" [syn: converge] [ant: diverge, diverge]
       4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: satisfy, fill, fulfill,
           fulfil]
       5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet
          the requirements for the degree?" [syn: fit, conform to]
       6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match
          my dreams" [syn: match, cope with]
       7: get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really
          handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
       8: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
          "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: gather, assemble,
           forgather, foregather]
       9: meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet
          me at the train station?"
       10: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
           "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to
           play Mary" [syn: encounter, play, take on]
       11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
           opposition" [syn: encounter, receive]
       12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a
           terrible fate" [syn: suffer]
       13: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two
           buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must
           not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at
           this point" [syn: touch, adjoin, contact]
       [also: met]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  meet
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 συναντώ
     2 συναντιέμαι
     3 συνεδριάζω
     4 συνέρχομαι <ref name='tel'>«συνέρχομαι» από αναζήτηση «meet»
  στη (R:TELETERM)</ref>
     5 αντιμετωπίζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  meet
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la meō  3 s pres actv subj)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm mete t=food id=food)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  meet
     n.
     1 (lb en sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field
  or swimming.
     2 (lb en hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for
  foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
     3 (lb en 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 (lb en informal) A meeting.
     5 (lb en algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between
  pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
     vb.
     1 (non-gloss definition: To make contact (with) while in proximity.)
     2 # (senseid en encounter by accident)To come face to face with by
  accident; to encounter.
     a.
     (lb en archaic) suitable; right; proper.
     alt.
     (lb en archaic) suitable; right; proper.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  meet
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la meō  3 s pres actv subj)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm mete t=food id=food)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  meet
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la meō  3 s pres actv subj)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm mete t=food id=food)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  meet
     Latina vb.
     (la-v-taivm 1 m e et)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  meet
     Engelska vb.
     1 träffa eller möta någon
     2 (tagg reciprokt språk=en) träffas eller mötas

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  meet /mˈiːt/
  1. saamgaan
  2. ontmoet, sien
  3. oplaai

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Meet /mˈiːt/
  إجتمع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  meet //mit// //miːt// 
  подходящ, уместен

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  meet //mit// //miːt// 
  1. срещам
  sport: to play a match
  2. срещам се 2.
  to adjoin; be physically touching
   3.
  to come face to face with someone by arrangement
  3. сре́щам, сре́щна
  to come face to face with by accident; to encounter
  4. сблъсквам се
  to come together in conflict
  5. събирам се
  to gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting
  6. запознавам се
  to get acquainted with