meet
adj : being precisely fitting and right [syn: {fitting}]
n : a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
[syn: {sports meeting}]
v 1: meet; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to
see you again!" [syn: {ran into}, {forgather}, {foregather},
{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: of a condition or restriction [syn: {fit}, {conform to}]
6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need" [syn: {match}, {cope with}]
7: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
"Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {gather}, {assemble},
{forgather}, {foregather}]
8: get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really
handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
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: get or come together; "the two lines meet here"
13: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a
terrible fate" [syn: {suffer}]
14: be in contact with [syn: {touch}, {adjoin}]