Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A measure of any kind; a bushel; a barrel.
- noun An obsolete preterit of
mete . - A combining form sometimes used in organic chemistry in place of meta-.
- An abbreviation
- of metaphor, metaphorical, metaphorically;
- of metaphysical, metaphysically, metaphysics;
- of metropolitan.
- noun Preterit and past participle of meet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
meet . - imp. & p. p. of
mete , to measure. - p. p. of
mete , to dream.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
meet .
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Examples
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I traced the smooth black lines where my name met his flesh.
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I traced the smooth black lines where my name met his flesh.
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The label met with the young singer and discovered talent ran in the family.
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The label met their obligation to produce an album and then dumped him.
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The couple who clearly by the title met while they were both contestants on Survivor
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The couple who clearly by the title met while they were both contestants on Survivor Seattle Guide to Holiday Markets & Bazaars for 2008
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The couple who clearly by the title met while they were both contestants on Survivor Seattle Guide to Holiday Markets & Bazaars for 2008
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The couple who clearly by the title met while they were both contestants on Survivor Seattle Guide to Holiday Markets & Bazaars for 2008
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Another curious term met with in northeastern Germany is "hare-bread" (Hasenbrod).
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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$10 million minimum, with another $40 million if the title met sales expectations.
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And it uses a value called a MET, or metabolic equivalent.
Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam Maria Godoy 2019
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