english
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meet with sth
REACTION
2. to cause a particular reaction or result
• At the time the decision was met with a barrage of criticism.
• I trust the arrangements meet with your approval., meet up
PEOPLE
1. to meet another person in order to do something together
• They suggested we meet up at Mustafa's., meet up
ROADS
2. If roads or paths meet up, they join at a particular place. , meet with sth
EXPERIENCE
1. formal to experience something, usually something unpleasant
• I heard she'd met with an accident.
• If you meet with any difficulties, just let me know.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verb come together ADV. first the place where they had first met | regularly | never | up We met up after school. VERB + MEET arrange to | chance to, happen to A year or so later I happened to meet him again. PREP. for I arranged to meet her for lunch. | with Management will meet with union representatives next week. I met up with my friends in town. PHRASES look forward to meeting sb I look forward to meeting you next week. | nice/pleased to meet you (= a greeting used when you meet sb for the first time) satisfy sth ADV. head-on Thet were determined to meet the challenge head-on. VERB + MEET be able to, can | be unable to, fail to He had failed to meet his performance targets. | be designed to, be tailored to The course is designed to meet the needs of young learners. sb's eyes/gaze/look ADV. levelly, squarely, unflinchingly, without flinching Leonora met his gaze without flinching. | fleetingly | challengingly, determinedly PREP. ~ across Their eyes met across the crowded room.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with MEET, Also see GO (MEET) HALFWAY; MAKE ENDS MEET; MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.
American Heritage Idioms
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verb
assemble:
We shall all meet in Paris.
noun
competition:
We'll have a sports meet in January.
verb
greet:
We'll meet their train
verb
satisfy:
We'll meet the terms of the contract.
Simple Definitions
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meet
to be in the same place as someone else because you have arranged to see them:
• I’ll meet you at the restaurant, OK? • The two leaders are scheduled to meet again next month.
get together
informal to meet with a group of people, in order to do something together:
• Why don’t we all get together and go out for a drink? • Have the students get together in groups of four to work on the problem.
come together
if people come together, they meet in order to discuss things, exchange ideas etc:
• Goldman persuaded the heads of the groups to come together for an informal conference.
meet up
informal if friends meet up, they meet in order to do something together:
• We must meet up some time. • Why don’t I meet up with you after lunch?
gather
if people gather somewhere, they come together in the same place in order to do something or see something:
• Fans have started to gather outside the stadium. • Angry crowds gathered in front of the US embassy.
assemble
formal if people assemble somewhere, they all come and stand together in the same place, especially as part of an officially arranged plan:
• If the fire alarm rings, please assemble in the parking lot. • The students began to assemble in the main hall.
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