9 VERB If something meets a need, requirement, or condition, it is good enough to do what is required. □ [V n] It is up to parents to decide what form of health care best meets their needs. □ [V n] Out of the original 23,000 applications, 16,000 candidates meet the entry requirements.
10 VERB If you meet something such as a problem or challenge, you deal with it satisfactorily or do what is required. □ [V n] They had worked heroically to meet the deadline.
11 VERB If you meet the cost of something, you provide the money that is needed for it. □ [V n] The government said it will help meet some of the cost of the damage. □ [V n] You need to find the money to meet your monthly repayments.
12 VERB If you meet a situation, attitude, or problem, you experience it or become aware of it. □ [V n] I honestly don't know how I will react the next time I meet a potentially dangerous situation.
13 VERB You can say that someone meets with success or failure when they are successful or unsuccessful. □ [V + with ] Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure.
14 VERB When a moving object meets another object, it hits or touches it. □ [V n] You sense the stresses in the hull each time the keel meets the ground. □ [V ] Nick's head bent slowly over hers until their mouths met.
15 VERB If your eyes meet someone else's, you both look at each other at the same time. [WRITTEN ] □ [V n] Nina's eyes met her sisters' across the table. □ [V ] I found myself smiling back instinctively when our eyes met.
16 VERB If two areas meet , especially two areas of land or sea, they are next to one another. □ [V n] It is one of the rare places in the world where the desert meets the sea. □ [V ] …the southernmost point of South America where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet.
17 VERB The place where two lines meet is the place where they join together. □ [V ] Parallel lines will never meet no matter how far extended. □ [V n] The track widened as it met the road.
18 VERB If two sportsmen, teams, or armies meet , they compete or fight against one another. □ [V ] The two women will meet tomorrow in the final. □ [V n] …when England last met the Aussies in a cricket Test match.
19 N‑COUNT A meet is an event in which athletes come to a particular place in order to take part in a race or races. □ I was competing at a meet in the National Stadium, Kingston.
20 PHRASE If you do not meet someone's eyes or meet someone's gaze , you do not look at them although they are looking at you, for example because you are ashamed. □ He hesitated, then shook his head, refusing to meet her eyes.
21 PHRASE If someone meets their death or meets their end , they die, especially in a violent or suspicious way. [WRITTEN ] □ Jacob Sinclair met his death at the hands of a soldier.
22 to make ends meet → see end
23 there's more to this than meets the eye → see eye
24 to meet someone's eyes → see eye
25 to meet someone halfway → see halfway
26 to meet your match → see match
▸ meet up → see meet 1 , meet 2 SYNONYMS meet VERB
1
encounter: Did you encounter anyone in the building?
come across: I came across a group of children playing.
run into: He ran into Krettner in the corridor a few minutes later.
2
gather: In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace.
assemble: There wasn't even a convenient place for students to assemble between classes.
get together: This is the only forum where East and West can get together.
congregate: Visitors congregated on Sunday afternoons to view public exhibitions.
meet|ing ◆◆◆ /miː t I ŋ/ (meetings )
1 N‑COUNT A meeting is an event in which a group of people come together to discuss things or make decisions. □ Can we have a meeting to discuss that? □ …business meetings. ● N‑SING You can also refer to the people at a meeting as the meeting . □ The meeting decided that further efforts were needed.
2 N‑COUNT [oft with poss] When you meet someone, either by chance or by arrangement, you can refer to this event as a meeting . □ In January, 37 years after our first meeting, I was back in the studio with Denis.
mee t|ing house (meeting houses ) N‑COUNT A meeting house is a building in which certain groups of Christians, for example Quakers, meet in order to worship together.
mee t|ing place (meeting places ) N‑COUNT A meeting place is a place where people meet.
mega /me gə/
1 ADV [usu ADV adj/adv] Young people sometimes use mega in front of adjectives or adverbs in order to emphasize them. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ He has become mega rich.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Young people sometimes use mega in front of nouns in order to emphasize that the thing they are talking about is very good, very large, or very impressive. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ …the mega superstar Madonna.