n. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

v. meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"

v. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

v. get together socially or for a specific purpose

v. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

v. 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"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"

v. get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"

v. satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"

v. be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"

v. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

v. fill or meet a want or need

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

v. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

adv. with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized"

adv. in a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally"

adj. being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"

n. a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete

n. a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize

n. a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner

n. something that happens at a given place and time

n. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

n. a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"

n. a single distinct event

n. a significant event in your life (or in a project)

n. a remarkable development

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

v. behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

v. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

v. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

v. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

v. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

v. face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements"

v. be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India"

v. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

v. have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a good business sense"

v. speak to someone

v. deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"

v. begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

v. behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

v. behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

v. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

v. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"

v. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

v. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

v. go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"

v. fulfil the requirements or expectations of

v. provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

v. fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

v. bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"

v. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"

v. convert into cash; of goods and property

v. pay off (loans or promissory notes)

v. look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"

v. claim back

v. regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"

v. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

v. regain possession of something

v. make less rigid or softer

v. supply or feed to surfeit

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

v. cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"

v. be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

v. ask to come; "summon a lawyer"

v. advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

v. be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"

v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

v. express greetings upon meeting someone

v. move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"

v. move with a low humming noise

v. be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood"

v. travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"

v. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

v. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

adj. appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"

adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature

adj. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

adj. characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"

adj. having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

v. be similar, be in line with

adj. acceptable to your conscience

adj. given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice"

adj. legally valid; "a rightful inheritance"

v. extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"

v. have no limits as a mathematical series

adj. lacking in value or merit; "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness"

adv. without formality; "he visited us informally"