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met

1

[met]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of meet.



Met

2

abbreviation

Biochemistry.
  1. methionine.

met-

3
  1. variant of meta- before a vowel.

    metempirical.

met.

4

abbreviation

  1. metaphor.

  2. metaphysics.

  3. meteorology.

  4. metropolitan.

Met

1

/ mɛt /

noun

  1. (in Britain) the Metropolitan Police Force: the main police force serving London

  2. (in the US) the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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met.

2

abbreviation

  1. meteorological

    the met. office weather report

  2. meteorology

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met

3

/ mɛt /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of meet 1

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Other Word Forms

  • unmet adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Met1

First recorded before 900
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Idioms and Phrases

See under meet.
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Example Sentences

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When Liverpool were on the verge of breaking their transfer record - with Smith arriving on Merseyside to complete her medical in a £210,000 deal from Portuguese side Sporting - then-manager Matt Beard met his new prodigious signing in person for the first time over dinner.

From BBC

His niece met him on landing back near a highway.

"Enquiries have led officers to believe that the phone was purposely placed in a location with the aim of causing disruption to business in the House. An investigation has been launched and enquiries are ongoing. We have updated the Speaker and Clerk of the House", a statement from the Met Police said.

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Ojeh and Jones met during the late 1990s on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., when she was walking to class and he was a high school senior visiting campus.

However, Ballmer insisted that the Clippers did not violate NBA rules against skirting the salary cap, and the team had agreed to a contract extension with Leonard and the sponsorship deal with Aspiration before the player and the company met.

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