Meet vs. Know

Meetverb

Of individuals: to make personal contact.

Knowverb

(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.

‘I know that I’m right and you’re wrong.’; ‘He knew something terrible was going to happen.’;

Meetverb

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

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

Knowverb

(transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.

‘Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.’; ‘She knows where I live.’; ‘I knew he was upset, but I didn't understand why.’;

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?’;

Knowverb

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

‘I know your mother, but I’ve never met your father.’;

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!’;

Knowverb

(transitive) To experience.

‘Their relationship knew ups and downs.’;

Meetverb

(Ireland) To French kiss someone.

Knowverb

(transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.

‘to know a person's face or figure’; ‘to know right from wrong’; ‘I wouldn't know one from the other.’;

Meetverb

Of groups: to gather or oppose.

Knowverb

(transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.

Meetverb

To gather for a formal or social discussion.

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

Knowverb

To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.

‘Let me do it. I know how it works.’; ‘She knows how to swim.’; ‘His mother tongue is Italian, but he also knows French and English.’; ‘She knows chemistry better than anybody else.’; ‘Know your enemy and know yourself.’;

Meetverb

To come together in conflict.

Knowverb

To have sexual relations with.

Meetverb

(sports) To play a match.

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

Knowverb

(intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.

‘It is vital that he not know.’; ‘She knew of our plan.’; ‘He knows about 19th century politics.’;

Meetverb

To make physical or perceptual contact.

Knowverb

(intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.

‘Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.’;

Meetverb

To converge and finally touch or intersect.

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

Knowverb

To be acquainted (with another person).

Meetverb

To touch or hit something while moving.

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

Knowverb

(transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).

‘Do you know "Blueberry Hill"?’;

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.’;

Knownoun

(rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.

Meetverb

To satisfy; to comply with.

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

Knownoun

Knee.

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.’;

Knowverb

To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.

‘O, that a man might knowThe end of this day's business ere it come!’; ‘There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it.’; ‘Know how sublime a thing it isTo suffer and be strong.’;

Meetnoun

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

Knowverb

To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.

Meetnoun

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

Knowverb

To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.

‘He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.’; ‘Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.’;

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.

Knowverb

To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.

‘Ye shall know them by their fruits.’; ‘And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.’; ‘To knowFaithful friend from flattering foe.’; ‘At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.’;

Meetnoun

A meeting.

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

Knowverb

To have sexual intercourse with.

‘And Adam knew Eve his wife.’; ‘And I knew that thou hearest me always.’; ‘The monk he instantly knew to be the prior.’; ‘In other hands I have known money do good.’;

Meetnoun

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

Knowverb

To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; - often with of.

‘Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.’; ‘If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.’; ‘The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.’;

Meetnoun

(Irish) An act of French kissing someone.

Knowverb

To be assured; to feel confident.

Meetadjective

(archaic) Suitable; right; proper.

Knowverb

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about;

‘I know that the President lied to the people’; ‘I want to know who is winning the game!’; ‘I know it's time’;

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.

Knowverb

know how to do or perform something;

‘She knows how to knit’; ‘Does your husband know how to cook?’;

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.

Knowverb

be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt;

‘I know that I left the key on the table’; ‘Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun’;

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.’;

Knowverb

be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object;

‘She doesn't know this composer’; ‘Do you know my sister?’; ‘We know this movie’; ‘I know him under a different name’; ‘This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily’;

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.’;

Knowverb

have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;

‘I know the feeling!’; ‘have you ever known hunger?’; ‘I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict’; ‘The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare’; ‘I lived through two divorces’;

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.

Knowverb

accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority;

‘The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne’; ‘We do not recognize your gods’;

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 !’;

Knowverb

have fixed in the mind;

‘I know Latin’; ‘This student knows her irregular verbs’; ‘Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?’;

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.’;

Knowverb

have sexual intercourse with;

‘This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm’; ‘Adam knew Eve’; ‘Were you ever intimate with this man?’;

Meetverb

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

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

Knowverb

know the nature or character of;

‘we all knew her as a big show-off’;

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.’;

Knowverb

be able to distinguish, recognize as being different;

‘The child knows right from wrong’;

Meetnoun

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

Knowverb

perceive as familiar;

‘I know this voice!’;

Meetadjective

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

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

Knowverb

be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information

‘I know what I'm doing’; ‘most people know that CFCs can damage the ozone layer’;

Meetadverb

Meetly.

Knowverb

have knowledge or information concerning

‘I would write to him if I knew his address’; ‘I know of one local who shot himself’;

Meetnoun

a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Knowverb

be absolutely certain or sure about something

‘I knew it!’; ‘I just knew it was something I wanted to do’;

Meetverb

come together;

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

Knowverb

have developed a relationship with (someone) through meeting and spending time with them; be familiar or friendly with

‘he knew and respected Laura’;

Meetverb

get together socially or for a specific purpose

Knowverb

have a good command of (a subject or language).

Meetverb

be adjacent or come together;

‘The lines converge at this point’;

Knowverb

recognize (someone or something)

‘Isabel couldn't hear the words clearly but she knew the voice’;

Meetverb

fill or meet a want or need

Knowverb

be familiar or acquainted with (something)

‘a little restaurant she knew near Leicester Square’;

Meetverb

satisfy a condition or restriction;

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

Knowverb

have personal experience of (an emotion or situation)

‘a man who had known better times’;

Meetverb

satisfy or fulfill;

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

Knowverb

regard or perceive as having a specified characteristic

‘the loch is known as a dangerous area for swimming’;

Meetverb

get to know; get acquainted with;

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

Knowverb

give (someone or something) a particular name or title

‘the doctor was universally known as ‘Hubert’’;

Meetverb

collect in one place;

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

Knowverb

be able to distinguish one person or thing from (another)

‘you are convinced you know your own baby from any other in the world’;

Meetverb

meet by design; be present at the arrival of;

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

Knowverb

have sexual intercourse with (someone).

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’;