"meet with" meaning in English

See meet with in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: meets with [present, singular, third-person], meeting with [participle, present], met with [participle, past], met with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|meet<,,met> with}} meet with (third-person singular simple present meets with, present participle meeting with, simple past and past participle met with)
  1. (chiefly US, Canada) To have a meeting with (someone). Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-meet_with-en-verb-CpCQtvQj Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (with) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 10 5 3 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (with): 60 15 10 7 7
  2. To encounter; to experience.
    Sense id: en-meet_with-en-verb-CrtfJB3G
  3. To answer (something) with; to respond to (something) with.
    Sense id: en-meet_with-en-verb-GNl9IbPq
  4. To strike (something).
    Sense id: en-meet_with-en-verb-58vgoO3V
  5. To contact or touch (something).
    Sense id: en-meet_with-en-verb-f3Lm767n

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for meet with meaning in English (3.2kB)

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