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meet

 
/mit/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle met /met/) (COME TOGETHER)

Definition

to come together with another person: [I] We agreed to meet on Tuesday at six. [I] They’re meeting with their advisers to work out a new plan. [T] The doctor unexpectedly met one of her patients in the supermarket. [T] Will we meet Joyce’s plane (= be at the airport when she arrives)? [I] The teams met twice this season (= competed against each other twice).
(Definition of meet v (COME TOGETHER) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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