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meet English

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meet

When you meet someone, you get together with them. I want to meet you. He meets me at home every afternoon. I met you at the store. When people meet, they get together with one another. You and I have met. She and her friends meet every day. You and he met last week at school.

meet

(= see) come together I'll probably see you at the meeting How nice to see you again! (= get together) get together socially or for a specific purpose (= converge) be adjacent or come together The lines converge at this point (= fill) fill or meet a want or need satisfy a condition or restriction Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree? (= match) satisfy or fulfill meet a need this job doesn't match my dreams (= gather, assemble) collect in one place We assembled in the church basement Let's gather in the dining room get to know; get acquainted with I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night! we met in Singapore meet by design; be present at the arrival of Can you meet me at the train station? (= play) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle Princeton plays Yale this weekend Charlie likes to play Mary experience as a reaction My proposal met with much opposition a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held (= suffer) undergo or suffer meet a violent death suffer a terrible fate (= touch, contact) 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 (= fitting) being precisely fitting and right it is only meet that she should be seated first

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Simple sentences

There's somebody who wants to meet you.
He had gone to the airport to meet Mr West.
It's rare to meet nice people like you.
Let's meet on Tuesday.
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.
I'd like to meet Tom if I could.
Come meet Tom.
I'm on my way to meet Tom now.
Tom wants to meet with me.
We'll meet at my house.
You're supposed to meet Tom in front of his hotel in about an hour.
How did you meet Tom?
Everyone wants to meet you. You're famous!
We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
Did you meet her?
All you have to do is to meet her there.
I will see to it that you meet her at the party.
I arranged for a car to meet you at the airport.
I have to go to the airport to meet my family.
We may meet again in the near future.
We used to meet at a coffee shop in Shinjuku after work.
Where will we meet?
Whenever they meet, they quarrel.
What time and where could we meet?
I hope I can manage to make both ends meet.
The English ambassador demanded to meet with the President directly.
Where on earth did you meet him?
The committee will meet next Friday.
I've always wanted to meet you.
We were wont to meet at that pleasant spot.
I'll meet you in the lobby at three.

Movie subtitles

What a weird person I meet as I live. Ugh, disgusting.
Meet my poor mother, buy her pretty clothes, some kalbi meat, and a gorgeous house.
But they were ready to meet any resistance with cannon fire and cutlass.
Let's go inside and meet the other elders, alright?
Nice to meet you. And my name is Elder Church, originally from the great city of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The mission president wants to meet me personally and he's gonna give me a medal!
It's really nice to meet you.
Saying that she wanted to meet the Jade Emperor, she threatened the Reaper.
Let's meet again next time.
But then, it's a good thing you didn't meet that Young Master last time.
It doesn't matter. Well, when I went to meet you for the bone tomb issue, I had that symptom.
There is one person I have to hurry to meet and punish!
Then, let's meet again some other time.
Didn't we first meet at the former Magistrate's daughter's funeral?
Pleased to meet you.
We're to meet the colonel.
I'll invite some for you to meet.
Meet me there.
Yes. I would like to meet him in person.
Who else knew about the meet-up? Only the Guardians, right?
In that case, let's just go meet Joe and Ivan.
I would relish the chance to meet with him.
Meet me at 9th and Constitution.
Witches usually meet in councils.
Matyusshenko instructed the men to meet by the turret.
Meet them head on!
The Northern division nearing the bridge to meet the supply trains.
A group of obscure people meet to decide the fate of Russia.
I'll meet you outside.
But then he sent me this note asking me to meet him, so I started to think maybe he wasn't a jerk.
When we first meet Scott McCall, he is. is he 15?
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too. I am from now on, not a King of South Korea, but a Team Leader of the joint South and the North Korea team.
Hello, I'm Gim Hang A, the representative of the North for the ICC's interview. Nice to meet you.
We'll go meet him together.
I didn't want to meet you like this. There aren't any ghosts. I can't see them anymore.
Have you been well? Would someone who's curious as to how I've been doing not contact me and only meet in a place like this, under these kind of circumstances?
If our eyes meet and they barge in, I would hold my breath, or something like that.
How did you live in this kind of town? But then, it's a good thing you didn't meet that Young Master last time.

News and current affairs

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But superficial repairs will not meet the European Union's future needs.
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A country that makes progress on human rights and commits to the change of behavior required to meet these international standards can also make a decisive turn toward a better future.
When NATO leaders meet for their summit in Riga at the end of this month, there will be a ghost at the feast: Afghanistan's opium.
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Let's hope that when the G-20 leaders meet later this year, they decide to take the problem seriously instead of tabling discussion for a decade or two until the next crisis is upon us.
A deficit-reduction package crafted along these lines would more than meet even the most ardent deficit hawk's demands.
Unfortunately, when it comes to bold and innovative programs to meet critical human needs, America is out of practice.
Energy-hungry America has long depended on the global market to meet domestic demand.
OECD countries need to lead by example and meet the commitments that they have made.
He could meet his bride seated majestically on the caparison of an elaborately decorated elephant, and she would look ravishing swathed and bejeweled in Indian finery.
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It is easy to predict that Sarajevo will be the place where they will meet to look back on Europe's savage twentieth century.
If European leaders do plan to meet in 2014 in Sarajevo, they should act now.
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Only if the trans-Atlantic partnership proves effective, as it did to meet the demands of the Cold War and the end of Europe's division, can the West contribute to realizing the hopes engendered by the Arab uprisings.
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