Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: meet, sports_meeting

'meet'

[meet.n.01] as in: a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

'meet'

[meet.v.01] as in: come together

Examples:
I'll probably see you at the meeting
How nice to see you again!

'meet'

[meet.v.02] as in: get together socially or for a specific purpose

'meet'

[converge.v.01] as in: be adjacent or come together

Examples:
The lines converge at this point

'meet'

[meet.v.04] as in: fill or meet a want or need

'meet'

[meet.v.05] as in: satisfy a condition or restriction

Examples:
Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?

'meet'

[meet.v.06] as in: satisfy or fulfill

Examples:
meet a need
this job doesn't match my dreams

'meet'

[meet.v.07] as in: collect in one place

Examples:
We assembled in the church basement
Let's gather in the dining room

'meet'

[meet.v.08] as in: get to know; get acquainted with

Examples:
I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!
we met in Singapore

'meet'

[meet.v.09] as in: meet by design; be present at the arrival of

Examples:
Can you meet me at the train station?

'meet'

[meet.v.10] as in: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

Examples:
Princeton plays Yale this weekend
Charlie likes to play Mary

'meet'

[meet.v.11] as in: experience as a reaction

Examples:
My proposal met with much opposition

'meet'

[suffer.v.10] as in: undergo or suffer

Examples:
meet a violent death
suffer a terrible fate

'meet'

[touch.v.05] as in: be in direct physical contact with; make contact

Examples:
The two buildings touch
Their hands touched
The wire must not contact the metal cover
The surfaces contact at this point

'meet'

[fitting.s.02] as in: being precisely fitting and right

Examples:
it is only meet that she should be seated first

Origins

					meet (English)
├── mete (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── gemæte (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   ├── mete (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── mete (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
└── meten (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── metan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))