meet

meet
I

n. (esp. AE) (sports)

1) to hold, organize a meet

2) a dual; swim, swimming; track, track-and-field meet

II
v.

1) (d; intr.) to meet with ('to encounter') (to meet with approval; they met with an accident)

2) (esp. AE) (d; intr.) to meet with ('to have a meeting with') (our negotiators will meet with them tomorrow)

3) (misc.) to meet smb. halfway ('to compromise with smb.') to meet face to face; to meet head-on

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[miːt]
swimming
to meet head-on
track-and-field meet
(esp. AE) (sports) to hold. organize a meet
(misc.) to meet smb. halfway ('to compromise with smb. ') to meet face to face
a dual
(esp. AE) (d: intr.) to meet with (our negotiators will meet with them tomorrow; 'to have a meeting with')
(d; intr.) to meet with (to meet with approval; they met with an accident; 'to encounter')

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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