verb · neutral
meet
/miːt/MEET
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to come together with someone by arrangement or by chance; to make someone's acquaintance
Examples
“I met my supervisor last week to discuss the project.”
“They met each other at university.”
“Let's meet at the café at six.”
Band 8 sentence
“I first met my colleague at an international conference, and we collaborated on three papers afterwards.”
Collocations
- meet someone for coffee / meet up with
- meet a deadline
- meet expectations
Word family
meet v (base)meets v (3rd sg)met v (past simple & past participle)meeting n/v (gerund)
Common mistakes
I see him yesterday.→I saw him yesterday.
We have meet for the first time in 2010.→We met for the first time in 2010.
Say it for a higher band
5see→6meet up with→7+meet
Synonyms
see
encounter
Easily confused
see
“I saw him at the supermarket yesterday.”
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