| NOUN | event | meet, sports meeting | a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
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| VERB | motion | meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see | come together |
| social | meet, get together | get together socially or for a specific purpose | |
| stative | meet, converge | be adjacent or come together | |
| consumption | meet, fit, conform to, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil | satisfy a condition or restriction | |
| social | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | collect in one place | |
| social | meet | get to know | |
| motion | meet | meet by design | |
| competition | meet, encounter, play, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle | |
| stative | meet, encounter, receive | experience as a reaction | |
| perception | meet, suffer | undergo or suffer | |
| contact | meet, touch, adjoin, contact | be in direct physical contact with | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | meet, fitting | being precisely fitting and right |
| Sounds | miy't | |
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| Rhymes | aesthete ... worksheet: 76 rhymes with iyt... | |
| Meaning | precisely fitting and right. | |
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| Example | "it is only meet that she should be seated first" | |
| Synonym | fitting | |
| Broader | just | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting |
| Spanish | acertado, adecuado, apropiado, apto, capaz, conveniente, idóneo, indicado | |
| Catalan | adequat, adient, apropiat, apte, capaç, convenient, encertat, escaient, idoni, indicat | |
| Meaning | A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held. | |
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| Synonym | sports meeting | |
| Parts | track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
| Narrower | gymkhana | A meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes |
| race meeting | A regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track | |
| regatta | A meeting for boat races | |
| swimming meet, swim meet | A swimming competition between two or more teams | |
| track meet | A track and field competition between two or more teams | |
| Broader | athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics | A contest between athletes |
| Spanish | competición deportiva | |
| Catalan | competició esportiva | |
| Verbs | meet | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle |
| meet | get together socially or for a specific purpose | |
| Meaning | Come together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "I'll probably see you at the meeting" | |
| Synonyms | run into, encounter, run across, come across, see | |
| Narrower | intersect, cross | meet / meet at a point |
| Similar to | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
| Spanish | conocer, converger, encontrarse, encontrar, reunirse | |
| Catalan | conèixer, reunir-se, trobar-se, trobar | |
| Nouns | meeting | a casual or unexpected convergence |
| meeting | a formally arranged gathering | |
| Meaning | get together socially or for a specific purpose. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | get together | |
| Narrower | celebrate, fete | Have a celebration |
| pick up | meet someone for sexual purposes | |
| rendezvous | meet at a rendezvous | |
| reunite | Have a reunion | |
| visit, call in, call | pay a brief visit | |
| Spanish | encontrarse, reunirse, reunir | |
| Catalan | reunir-se, reunir, trobar-se | |
| Nouns | meet | a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
| meeter | a person who is present and participates in a meeting | |
| meeting | the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman | |
| meeting | a small informal social gathering | |
| Meaning | Be adjacent or come together. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | converge | |
| Narrower | breast | meet at breast level |
| Opposite | diverge | Extend in a different direction |
| diverge | Have no limits as a mathematical series | |
| Similar to | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Spanish | confluir, converger | |
| Catalan | confluir, converger, convergir | |
| Meaning | satisfy a condition or restriction. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" | |
| Synonyms | fit, conform to, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil | |
| Narrower | answer | Be satisfactory for |
| content | satisfy in a limited way | |
| feed on, feed upon | Be sustained by | |
| fit the bill, fill the bill | Be what is needed or be good enough for what is required | |
| quell, stay, appease | Overcome or allay | |
| quench, slake, allay, assuage | satisfy (thirst) | |
| satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to | Meet the requirements or expectations of | |
| suit, accommodate, fit | Be agreeable or acceptable to | |
| Broader | provide, supply, ply, cater | Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance |
| Spanish | ajustar, copar, corresponder, encajar, satisfacer | |
| Catalan | copar, satisfer | |
| Meaning | Get to know; get acquainted with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam and Sue meet; Sam cannot meet Sue | |
| Spanish | conocerse, conocer | |
| Catalan | conèixer-se, conèixer | |
| Meaning | meet by design; be present at the arrival of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Can you meet me at the train station?" | |
| Narrower | meet up with | meet / meet with by appointment |
| Broader | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
| Meaning | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam and Sue meet; Sam cannot meet Sue | |
| Synonyms | encounter, play, take on | |
| Entails | compete, vie, contend | compete for something |
| Narrower | confront, face | Oppose, as in hostility or a competition |
| replay | repeat a game / game / game against the same opponent | |
| Similar to | play | participate in games / games or sport |
| play | Shoot or hit in a particular manner | |
| play | employ in a game / game or in a specific position | |
| play | Use or move | |
| Spanish | enfrentarse, enfrentar, jugar | |
| Catalan | enfrontar-se, jugar | |
| Nouns | meet | a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
| Meaning | Experience as a reaction. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | encounter, receive | |
| Broader | have, experience | Undergo |
| Spanish | encontrarse, encontrar, recibirse, recibir | |
| Meaning | Undergo or suffer. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "meet a violent death" | |
| Synonym | suffer | |
| Broader | experience, see, go through | go or live through |
| Spanish | enfrentarse | |
| Meaning | Be in direct physical contact with; make contact / contact / contact. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Model | Our properties meet at this point; His fields meet mine at this point | |
| Synonyms | touch, adjoin, contact | |
| Narrower | attach | Be attached |
| border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
| cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere | Come or be in close contact with | |
| cover, spread over | form a cover over | |
| hug | fit closely or tightly | |
| lean on, rest on, lean against | rest on for support | |
| rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch | Cause friction | |
| surround, environ, ring, skirt, border | Extend on all sides of simultaneously | |
| Similar to | converge, meet | Be adjacent or come together |
| Spanish | colindar, contactar, lindar, palpar, tocar | |
| Catalan | confrontar, contactar, palpar, tocar-se, tocar | |
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