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Definition of meet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

meet

noun
 
/miːt/
 
/miːt/
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  1. (especially North American English) a sports competition
    • a track meet
    compare meeting (4)
    Extra Examples
    • Brooke missed the meet due to illness.
    • I swam faster at the last meet.
    • This year's meet was held in Anchorage, Alaska.
    Topics Sports: other sportsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • gymnastics
    • race
    • swim
    verb + meet
    • hold
    • attend
    • go to
    meet + noun
    • record
    preposition
    • at a/​the meet
    See full entry
  2. (British English) an event at which horse riders and dogs meet to go hunting. Fox hunting with dogs is now illegal in the UK but people still ride out with dogs following a scent trail, without an actual fox.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • gymnastics
    • race
    • swim
    verb + meet
    • hold
    • attend
    • go to
    meet + noun
    • record
    preposition
    • at a/​the meet
    See full entry
  3. see also swap meet
    Word OriginOld English mētan ‘come upon’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeten, also to moot.
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