# met

Pronunciation: say "MET" /mɛt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of meet. — simple past and past participle of meet
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of meet. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _She met her closest friend on the first day of college._
   - _The committee met to discuss the new budget._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of mete (to measure). Obsolete; the modern form is meted. *(obsolete)* — simple past and past participle of mete (to measure)
   - Simple: Past tense of mete (to measure), no longer used. Today people say meted.
3. To dream, or to come to someone's mind while sleeping. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To dream, or to appear to someone during a dream.

## Origin

From Middle English "meten" ("to dream"), which came from Old English "mætan" ("to dream").

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