Meet vs. Know — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Meet and Know
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Meet
To come into the presence of by chance or arrangement
I was surprised to meet an old friend in the park. I met a friend for coffee.
Know
Be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information
I know what I'm doing
Most people know that CFCs can damage the ozone layer
Meet
To come into the company of
I met my colleagues for a meeting.
Know
Have developed a relationship with (someone) through meeting and spending time with them; be familiar or friendly with
He knew and respected Laura
Meet
To be introduced to; make the acquaintance of
Have you met my wife?.
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Know
Have sexual intercourse with (someone).
Meet
To come together or confront in opposition
The rival teams meet next week.
Know
To perceive directly; grasp in the mind with clarity or certainty.
Meet
To be present at the arrival of
Met the train.
Know
To regard as true beyond doubt
I know she won't fail.
Meet
To come into conjunction with; join or touch
Where the road meets the highway.
Know
To have a practical understanding of, as through experience; be skilled in
Knows how to cook.
Meet
To come into conformity with the views, wishes, or opinions of
The firm has done its best to meet us on that point.
Know
To have fixed in the mind
Knows her Latin verbs.
Meet
To come to the notice of (the senses)
There is more here than meets the eye.
Know
To have experience of
“a black stubble that had known no razor” (William Faulkner).
Meet
To experience or undergo
He met his fate with courage. The project has met a setback.
Know
To perceive as familiar; recognize
I know that face.
Meet
To be sufficient for (a need, for example); fulfill
Meet all the conditions in the contract.
Know
To be acquainted with
He doesn't know his neighbors.
Meet
To deal or contend with effectively
We can meet each problem as it arises.
Know
To be able to distinguish; recognize as distinct
Knows right from wrong.
Meet
To pay; settle
Enough money to meet expenses.
Know
To discern the character or nature of
Knew him for a liar.
Meet
To come together
Didn't recognize him when we met. Where should we meet for lunch?.
Know
(Archaic) To have sexual intercourse with.
Meet
To come into conjunction; be joined
The two pipes meet in the corner.
Know
To possess knowledge, understanding, or information.
Meet
To come together as opponents; contend
The team met with its rival.
Know
To be cognizant or aware.
Meet
To become introduced
Where did the two of you meet?.
Know
(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.
Meet
To assemble
Protesters met in the square.
Know
(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.
Meet
To occur together, especially in one person or entity
Suspense and intrigue meet in this new movie.
Know
(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
I know your mother, but I’ve never met your father.
Meet
A meeting or contest, especially an athletic competition.
Know
(transitive) To experience.
Their relationship knew ups and downs.
Meet
Fitting; proper
"It seems not meet, nor wholesome to my place" (Shakespeare).
Know
(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.
Meet
To make contact (with) while in proximity.
Know
(transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
Meet
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
Know
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.
Meet
To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.
Know
To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ’know someone in the biblical sense’ or to ‘know biblically.’
Meet
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!
Know
(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.
Meet
(Of groups) To come together.
Know
(intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.
Meet
To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.
Know
To be acquainted (with another person).
Meet
To come together in conflict.
Know
(transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
Do you know "Blueberry Hill"?
Meet
(sports) To play a match.
England and Holland will meet in the final.
Know
(rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.
Meet
To make physical or perceptual contact.
Know
Knowledge; the state of knowing; now confined to the fixed phrase ‘in the know’
Meet
To converge and finally touch or intersect.
The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.
Know
Knee.
Meet
To touch or hit something while moving.
The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.
Know
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.
Meet
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.
Know
To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
Meet
(transitive) To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.
He met every objection to the trip with another reason I should go.
Know
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.
Meet
To satisfy; to comply with.
This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.
Know
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.
Meet
(intransitive) To balance or come out correct.
Know
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.
Meet
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.
Know
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.
Meet
To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
Know
To be assured; to feel confident.
Meet
(sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.
Track meet
Swim meet
Know
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
Meet
(hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
Know
Know how to do or perform something;
She knows how to knit
Does your husband know how to cook?
Meet
(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.
Know
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
Meet
(informal) A meeting.
OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.
Know
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
Meet
(algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
Know
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
Meet
(archaic) Suitable; right; proper.
Know
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
Meet
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.
Know
Have fixed in the mind;
I know Latin
This student knows her irregular verbs
Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?
Meet
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.
Know
Have sexual intercourse with;
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Adam knew Eve
Were you ever intimate with this man?
Meet
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.
Know
Know the nature or character of;
We all knew her as a big show-off
Meet
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.
Know
Be able to distinguish, recognize as being different;
The child knows right from wrong
Meet
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.
Know
Perceive as familiar;
I know this voice!
Meet
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 !
Meet
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.
Meet
To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.
They . . . appointed a day to meet together.
Meet
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.
Meet
An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
Meet
Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
It was meet that we should make merry.
Meet
Meetly.
Meet
A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
Meet
Come together;
I'll probably see you at the meeting
How nice to see you again!
Meet
Get together socially or for a specific purpose
Meet
Be adjacent or come together;
The lines converge at this point
Meet
Fill or meet a want or need
Meet
Satisfy a condition or restriction;
Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?
Meet
Satisfy or fulfill;
Meet a need
This job doesn't match my dreams
Meet
Get to know; get acquainted with;
I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!
We met in Singapore
Meet
Collect in one place;
We assembled in the church basement
Let's gather in the dining room
Meet
Meet by design; be present at the arrival of;
Can you meet me at the train station?
Meet
Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
Princeton plays Yale this weekend
Charlie likes to play Mary
Meet
Experience as a reaction;
My proposal met with much opposition
Meet
Undergo or suffer;
Meet a violent death
Suffer a terrible fate
Meet
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
Meet
Being precisely fitting and right;
It is only meet that she should be seated first
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