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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
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.
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.
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.]
Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv.
Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.
资料来源 : WordNet®
meet
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}]
meet
adj : being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she
should be seated first" [syn: {fitting}]
[also: {met}]
meet
n : a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
[syn: {sports meeting}]
[also: {met}]
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Meet
{greatest lower bound}