meet

meet

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/miːt/]

Senses

1. meet (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.: To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.

Example: Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?

Concept: Знакомство

Polarities of the concept

2. meet (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.: To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

Example: Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.

3. meet (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.: To get acquainted with someone.

Example: I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.

4. meet (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.

Example: track meet

5. meet (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.

6. meet (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.

Structure of the word

Roots:
  • meh₂d (meet, Proto-Indo-European)

Polarities

Friendship ↔ Enmity — concept «Знакомство»

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