Meet vs. Exceed

Meetverb

Of individuals: to make personal contact.

Exceedverb

(transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).

‘The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.’;

Meetverb

To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.

‘Fancy meeting you here!’; ‘Guess who I met at the supermarket today?’;

Exceedverb

(transitive) To be better than (something).

‘The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.’;

Meetverb

To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

‘Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.’; ‘Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?’;

Exceedverb

(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.

‘Your password cannot exceed eight characters.’;

Meetverb

To get acquainted with someone.

‘I'm pleased to meet you!’; ‘I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.’; ‘I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!’;

Exceedverb

(intransitive) To predominate.

Meetverb

(Ireland) To French kiss someone.

Exceedverb

To go too far; to be excessive.

Meetverb

Of groups: to gather or oppose.

Exceedverb

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; - used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.

‘Name the time, but let it notExceed three days.’; ‘Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair.’;

Meetverb

To gather for a formal or social discussion.

‘I met with them several times.’; ‘The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.’;

Exceedverb

To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.

‘Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.’;

Meetverb

To come together in conflict.

Exceedverb

To be more or greater; to be paramount.

Meetverb

(sports) To play a match.

‘England and Holland will meet in the final.’;

Exceedverb

go beyond;

‘Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds’;

Meetverb

To make physical or perceptual contact.

Exceedverb

go beyond;

‘She exceeded our expectations’; ‘She topped her performance of last year’;

Meetverb

To converge and finally touch or intersect.

‘The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.’;

Exceedverb

be or do something to a greater degree;

‘her performance surpasses that of any other student I know’; ‘She outdoes all other athletes’; ‘This exceeds all my expectations’; ‘This car outperforms all others in its class’;

Meetverb

To touch or hit something while moving.

‘The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.’;

Meetverb

To adjoin, be physically touching.

‘The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room.’; ‘The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast.’;

Meetverb

To satisfy; to comply with.

‘This proposal meets my requirements.’; ‘The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.’;

Meetverb

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

‘The eye met a horrid sight.’; ‘He met his fate.’;

Meetnoun

A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming (a swim meet).

Meetnoun

A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.

Meetnoun

(rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.

Meetnoun

A meeting.

‘OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.’;

Meetnoun

(algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.

Meetnoun

(Irish) An act of French kissing someone.

Meetadjective

(archaic) Suitable; right; proper.

Meetverb

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.

Meetverb

To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.

Meetverb

To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.

‘His daughter came out to meet him.’;

Meetverb

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.

‘Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.’;

Meetverb

To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.

Meetverb

To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.

‘O, when meet nowSuch pairs in love and mutual honor joined !’;

Meetverb

To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

‘Weapons more violent, when next we meet,May serve to better us and worse our foes.’;

Meetverb

To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.

‘They . . . appointed a day to meet together.’;

Meetverb

To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.

‘We met with many things worthy of observation.’; ‘Prepare to meet with more than brutal furyFrom the fierce prince.’;

Meetnoun

An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.

Meetadjective

Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

‘It was meet that we should make merry.’;

Meetadverb

Meetly.

Meetnoun

a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Meetverb

come together;

‘I'll probably see you at the meeting’; ‘How nice to see you again!’;

Meetverb

get together socially or for a specific purpose

Meetverb

be adjacent or come together;

‘The lines converge at this point’;

Meetverb

fill or meet a want or need

Meetverb

satisfy a condition or restriction;

‘Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?’;

Meetverb

satisfy or fulfill;

‘meet a need’; ‘this job doesn't match my dreams’;

Meetverb

get to know; get acquainted with;

‘I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!’; ‘we met in Singapore’;

Meetverb

collect in one place;

‘We assembled in the church basement’; ‘Let's gather in the dining room’;

Meetverb

meet by design; be present at the arrival of;

‘Can you meet me at the train station?’;

Meetverb

contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;

‘Princeton plays Yale this weekend’; ‘Charlie likes to play Mary’;

Meetverb

experience as a reaction;

‘My proposal met with much opposition’;

Meetverb

undergo or suffer;

‘meet a violent death’; ‘suffer a terrible fate’;

Meetverb

be in direct physical contact with; make contact;

‘The two buildings touch’; ‘Their hands touched’; ‘The wire must not contact the metal cover’; ‘The surfaces contact at this point’;

Meetadjective

being precisely fitting and right;

‘it is only meet that she should be seated first’;