Meet

Meet

Verb / Noun / Adjective (archaic) · /miːt/

Definition

(Verb) to come into contact or proximity with; to be introduced to; to come together at an agreed place and time; to satisfy or fulfil (a requirement, deadline, or standard); to encounter; (Noun) a gathering, especially for athletic competition or fox-hunting; (Adjective, archaic) fitting, proper, or appropriate.

Origin

From Old English mētan (to meet, to encounter), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijanan, related to Old English gemōt (assembly, meeting) which gives moot. The archaic adjective sense (it is meet and right) comes from a different Old English word, gemǣte (suitable, fitting), from Proto-Germanic *gamōtijaz. The two senses share a Germanic root but have distinct histories. The noun meet (as in a track meet) developed from the verb.