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1. A formally arranged gathering
   "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
   - group meeting
    
2. A small informal social gathering
   "there was an informal meeting in my living room"
   - get together
    
3. A casual or unexpected convergence
   "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"
   - encounter
    
4. The social act of assembling for some common purpose
   "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
   - coming together
    
5. The act of joining together as one
   "there was no meeting of minds"
   - merging, coming together
    
6. A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
   - confluence

1. Come together
   "I'll probably see you at the meeting"
   - run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
    
2. Get together socially or for a specific purpose
   - get together
    
3. Be adjacent or come together
   - converge
    
4. Fill or meet a want or need
   - satisfy, fill, fulfill [N. Amer], fulfil [Brit, Cdn]
    
5. Satisfy a condition or restriction
   "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
   - fit, conform to
    
6. Satisfy or fulfil
   "meet a need"
   - match, cope with
    
7. Collect in one place
   - gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
    
8. Get to know; get acquainted with
   "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
    
9. Meet by design; be present at the arrival of
   "Can you meet me at the train station?"
    
10. Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
    - encounter, play, take on
     
11. Experience as a reaction
    "My proposal met with much opposition"
    - encounter, receive
     
12. Undergo or suffer
    "meet a violent death"
    - suffer
     
13. Be in direct physical contact with; make contact
    - touch, adjoin, contact

Sounds like: meting

Derived forms: meetings

See also: meeter

Type of: agree, assemblage, assembly, cater, check, contend, convergence, convergency, converging, cope, correspond, deal, experience, fit, gathering, geographic point, geographical point, get by, gibe, go through, grapple, have, interact, jibe, make do, make out, manage, match, ply, provide, see, social affair, social gathering, supply, tally

Encyclopedia: Meet