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met

verb
MET/mɛt/

3 meanings of met

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of meet. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

    We met for coffee last week.

    They met at school many years ago.

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  2. 2
    verbobsolete
    Past tense of mete (to measure), no longer used. Today people say meted.
    Then Hector, Priam’s martial son, stepp’d forth, and met the ground, With wise Ulysses, where the blows of combat must resound;
    [1611?], Homer, The Iliads of Homer Prince of PoetsHere, met means measured, marking out the ground.
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  3. 3
    verbobsolete
    To dream, or to appear to someone during a dream.
    All night me met eke that I was at Kirke.
    c. 1653, William Cartwright, The OrdinaryHere, met means dreamed, so all night I dreamed I was at church.
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met is a form of meet

meet, verb: To see and get to know someone for the first time. Full entry

Forms
meetmeets he/she/itmeeting -ing formmet past tense, past participle
Spelling
meet → met: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

From an old English word "mætan," meaning "to dream."