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# meet

verb (meet, meets, met, meeting); noun (a meet, meets — a sports event)

«meet» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To meet is to come together with someone at the same place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#m1)
2. To meet someone is also to see them and get to know them for the first time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#m2)
3. Lines, roads or rivers meet where they join. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#m3)
4. To meet a need or a goal is to reach it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#m4)
5. A meet is a sports event, like a swim meet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#m5)

### In the lessons

people or trains coming together; two moving things that meet after some time; a club or group meets when it gathers; in geometry two lines meet at a point; phrases «meet up», «nice to meet you», «meet the target», «swim meet», «track meet»

### Examples

- They meet at the park at 3 o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#x1)
- Two trains start 300 km apart and meet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#x2)
- The club meets 4 times a month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#x3)
- How many times does it meet in a year? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#x4)
- Nice to meet you, I'm Maya. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#x5)
- The two sides of a triangle meet at a corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#x6)
- Our class met its goal of reading 500 books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#x7)
- Jack won two ribbons at the swim meet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#x8)
- Meet here beneath this ash-tree's roots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/#x9)

### Note

Moving toward each other to meet: add the speeds. Meetings per month is a rate. Trap: things moving apart also add speeds, things in the same direction subtract. Past form is «met», not «meeted». Do not mix up meet with meat (food).

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Tradition reads God "meeting" people as God making Himself known to them, as with the Hebrews in Egypt or Jacob and the angels. In the primary lessons: people or trains coming together; two moving things that meet after some time; a club or group meets when it gathers; in geometry two lines meet at a point; phrases «meet up», «nice to meet you», «meet the target», «swim meet», «track meet»

### Examples

- And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us. (Torah EXO.5.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meet/#x1)
- And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. (Torah GEN.32.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meet/#x2)
- And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh; (Torah EXO.5.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meet/#x3)
- And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. (Prophets 2SA.18.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meet/#x4)
- And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. (Writings 1CH.19.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meet/#x5)
- Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. (Writings PSA.85.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meet/#x6)

### Note

Moving toward each other to meet: add the speeds. Meetings per month is a rate. Trap: things moving apart also add speeds, things in the same direction subtract. Past form is «met», not «meeted». Do not mix up meet with meat (food).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «meet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«meet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/meet.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «meet» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«meet» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/meet.html) on Mova free.