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Definition: Meet |
MeetAdjective1. Being precisely fitting and right. Noun1. A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held. Verb1. Come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!". 2. Get together socially or for a specific purpose. 3. Be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point". 4. Fill or meet a want or need. 5. Of a condition or restriction. 6. Satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams". 7. Get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore". 8. Collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room". 9. Meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?". 10. : contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary". 11. : experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition". 12. : undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate". 13. : 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "meet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Computing | Meet greatest lower bound. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Mining | A. Eng. To keep pace with; e.g., to keep sufficient supply of coal at the pit bottom to supply the winding engine b. To come together exactly, as in survey lines from opposite direction e.g., to keep sufficient supply of coal at the pit bottom to supply the winding engine. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | Competition between two or more terms or competition between individuals in which a series of competitive events is planned. Source: European Union. (references) |
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This article is not about lattice filters in digital signal processing, which are electronic filters with a special recursive structure.
The Oxford English Dictionary says that a lattice is
Both of the mathematical usages treated below began as metaphors based on this concept defined in the dictionary. In the first case, geometric pictures of the simplest lattices look like lattices in the sense defined by the dictionary; in the second case, the Hasse diagrams of the posets look (in some simple cases) like the aforementioned lattices.
- A structure made of laths, or of wood or metal crossed and fastened together, with open spaces left between; used as a screen, e.g. in window openings and the like; a window, gate, screen, etc. so constructed.
1. In mathematics, a lattice in Rn is a discrete subgroup of Rn which spans the real vector space Rn. Every lattice in Rn can be generated from a basis for the vector space by considering all linear combinations with integral coefficients.
Equivalently, a lattice in Rn is an n-dimensional additive free group over Z which generates Rn over R.
A simple example of a lattice in Rn is the subgroup Zn. A more complicated example is the Leech lattice, which is a lattice in R24.
Similarly, a lattice in Cn is a discrete subgroup of Cn which spans the 2n-dimensional real vector space Cn. For example, the Gaussian integers form a lattice in C.
This concept is used in materials science, in which a lattice is a 3-dimensional array of regularly spaced points coinciding with the atom or molecule positions in a crystal. This is a special case of the first meaning given above.
It also occurs in computational physics, in which a lattice is an n-dimensional geometrical structure of sites, connected by bonds, which represent positions which may be occupied by atoms, molecules, electrons, spins, etc. For an article dealing with the formal representation of such structures see Lattice Geometries.
See also Minkowski's theorem.
2. In another mathematical usage, a lattice is a partially ordered set in which all nonempty finite subsets have a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound (also called supremum and infimum, respectively). The term "lattice" comes from the shape of the Hasse diagrams of such orders (see partially ordered set).
A lattice can also be algebraically defined as a set L, together with two binary operations ^ and v (pronounced meet and join, respectively), such that for any a, b, c in L,
a v a = a a ^ a = a idempotency laws a v b = b v a a ^ b = b ^ a commutativity laws a v (b v c) = (a v b) v c a ^ (b ^ c) = (a ^ b) ^ c associativity laws a v (a ^ b) = a a ^ (a v b) = a absorption laws If the two operations satisfy these algebraic rules then they define a partial order <= on L by the following rule: a <= b if and only if a v b = b, or, equivalently, a ^ b = a. L, together with the partial order <= so defined, will then be a lattice in the above order-theoretic sense.
Conversely, if an order-theoretic lattice (L, <=) is given, and we write a v b for the least upper bound of {a, b} and a ^ b for the greatest lower bound of {a, b}, then (L, v, ^) satisfies all the axioms of an algebraically defined lattice.
The class of all lattices forms a category if we define a homomorphism between two lattices (L, ^, v) and (N, ^, v) to be a function f : L -> N such that
for all a, b in L. A bijective homomorphism whose inverse is also a homomorphism is called an isomorphism of lattices, and the two involved lattices are called isomorphic.
- f(a ^ b) = f(a) ^ f(b)
- f(a v b) = f(a) v f(b)
Properties of lattices
A lattice is said to be bounded if it has a greatest element and a least element. The greatest element is often denoted by 1 and the least element by 0. If x is an element of a bounded lattice then any element y of the lattice satisfying x ^ y = 0 and x v y = 1 is called a complement of x. A bounded lattice in which every element has a (not necessarily unique) complement is called a complemented lattice.
A lattice in which every subset (including infinite ones) has a supremum and an infimum is called a complete lattice. Complete lattices are always bounded. Many of the most important lattices are complete. Examples include:
The Knaster-Tarski theorem states that the set of fixed points of a monotone function on a complete lattice is again a complete lattice.
- The subsets of a given set, ordered by inclusion. The supremum is given by the union and the infimum by the intersection of subsets.
- The unit interval [0,1] and the extended real number line, with the familiar total order and the ordinary suprema and infima.
- The non-negative integers, ordered by divisibility. The supremum is given by the least common multiple and the infimum by the greatest common divisor.
- The subgroups of a group, ordered by inclusion. The supremum is given by the subgroup generated by the union of the groups and the infimum is given by the intersection.
- The submodules of a module, ordered by inclusion. The supremum is given by the sum of submodules and the infimum by the intersection.
- The ideals of a ring, ordered by inclusion. The supremum is given by the sum of submodules and the infimum by the intersection.
- The open sets of a topological space, ordered by inclusion. The supremum is given by the union of open sets and the infimum by the interior of the intersection.
- The convex subsets of a real or complex vector space, ordered by inclusion. The infimum is given by the intersection of convex sets and the supremum by the convex hull of the union.
- The topologies on a set, ordered by inclusion. The infimum is given by the intersection of topologies, and the supremum by the topology generated by the union of topologies.
- The lattice of all transitive binary relations on a set.
- The lattice of all sub-multisets of a multiset.
- The lattice of all partitions of a set.
The lattice of submodules of a module and the lattice of normal subgroups of a group have the special property that x v (y ^ (x v z)) = (x v y) ^ (x v z) for all x, y and z in the lattice. A lattice with this property is called a modular lattice. The condition of modularity can also be stated as follows: If x <= z then then for all y we have the identity x v (y ^ z) = (x v y) ^ z.
A lattice is called distributive if v distributes over ^, that is, x v (y ^ z) = (x v y) ^ (x v z). Equivalently, ^ distributes over v. All distributive lattices are modular. Two important types of distributive lattices are totally ordered sets and Boolean algebras (like the lattice of all subsets of a given set). The lattice of natural numbers, ordered by divisibility, is also distributive. A lattice is said to be completely distributive if the above distributivity law hold for arbitrary (infinite) meets and joins. Distributive lattices are used to formulate pointless topology.
Important lattice-theoretic notions
In the following, let L be a lattice.
A subset F of L is called a filter iff
A filter is proper iff it does not contain all elements of L.
- F is an upper set, i.e. a in F, b in L and a ≤ b imply b in F,
- F is closed under finite meets, i.e. a in F and b in F imply a ^ b in F.
A principal filter is a set of the form {x ≥ a | x in L} for some a in L. Such sets are always filters in the above sense.
A prime filter is a filter F with the additional property that for all elements a and b in L, if avb in F then either a in F or b in F. A filter where this generalizes to arbitrary (infinite) joins Vai is called completely prime.
A maximal filter is a proper filter F such that there is no proper filter that contains F. These sets are sometimes called ultrafilters. In a Boolean algebra, the principal filters are exactly the ultrafilters.
The notions ideal, proper ideal, principal ideal, and prime ideal, etc. are obtained by exchanging "≤" and "≥", "^" and "v", and "meet" and "join" in the above definitions. Thus, ideals are the dual notion of filters. However, there is no "ultra-ideal".
An element x of L is called join-irreducible iff
When the first condition is generalized to arbitrary joins Vai, x is called completely join-irreducible. The dual notion is called meet-irreducability. Sometimes one also uses the terms v-irreducible and ^-irreducible, respectively.
- x = a v b implies x = a or x = b for any a, b in L,
- if L has a 0, x is sometimes required to be different from 0.
An element x of L is called join-prime iff
Again, this can be generalized to obtain the notion completely join-prime and dualized to yield meet-prime. Any meet-prime element is also meet-irreducible. If the lattice is distributive the converse is also true.
- x<=a v b implies x ≤ a or x ≤ b.
Literature
- B. A. Davey, H. A. Priestley: Introduction to Lattices and Order. Cambridge University Press, 2002. (ISBN 0521784514)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lattice."
Synonyms: MeetSynonyms: fitting (adj), sports meeting (n), adjoin (v), assemble (v), come across (v), conform to (v), contact (v), converge (v), cope with (v), encounter (v), fill (v), fit (v), foregather (v), forgather (v), fulfil (v), fulfill (v), gather (v), get together (v), match (v), play (v), ran into (v), receive (v), run across (v), satisfy (v), see (v), suffer (v), take on (v), touch (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: diverge (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Verb: be accordant; Adjective: agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a T; match; become one; homologate. |
Fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft; meet; (expedient). | |
Arrival | Come to hand; come at, come across; hit; come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon; meet; encounter, rencounter; come in contact. |
Assemblage | Verb: assemble, collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate; congregate, conglomerate, concentrate; precipitate; center round, rendezvous, resort; come together, flock get together, pig together; forgather; huddle; reassemble. |
Contiguity | Verb: be contiguous; Adjective: join, adjoin, abut on, march with; graze, touch, meet, osculate, come in contact, coincide; coexist; adhere. |
Convergence | Verb: converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with; close with, close in upon; center round, center in; enter in; pour in. |
Courage | Verb: be courageous; Adjective: dare, venture, make bold; face danger, front danger, affront danger, confront danger, brave danger, defy danger, despise danger, mock danger; look in the face; look full in the face, look boldly in the face, look danger in the face; face; meet, meet in front; brave, beard; defy. |
Dueness | Fitting; correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly; decorous; creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet; just the thing, quite the thing; selon les r |
Duty | Right, meet; (due); moral, ethical, casuistical, conscientious, ethological. |
Expedience | Adjective: expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming; befitting; Verb: opportune; (in season); in loco; suitable; (accordant); applicable; (useful). |
Observance | Verb: observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Meet |
| English words defined with "meet": meet up with ♦ To meet half way, To meet with. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "meet": Extremes Meet. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "meet": Obit. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Meet" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Pidgin English (met, to meet). |
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Screenplays | If I were you, I would hope that we don't meet again (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Meet the greatest actor in the world (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden and Adolph Green.) I'm not gonna meet someone like Diane Court at a kegger (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) Meet you in Malkovich in one hour (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) Once you meet someone, you never really forget them (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi; writing credit: Cindy Davis Hewitt; Donald H. Hewitt) | |
Lyrics | We'd meet in the middle (Meet In The Middle; performing artist: Diamond Rio) The blues they sent to meet me ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"; performing artist: B.J. Thomas) We'll meet beyond the shore (Beyond the Sea; performing artist: Bobby Darin) And the people I meet always go their separate ways (Wanted Dead or Alive; performing artist: Bon Jovi) If we meet on the streets someday, (Look Away; performing artist: Chicago) | |
Clever | When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend. (references; author: Mark Twain) By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends. (references; author: unknown) Don't wait for your ship to come in. Row out to meet it. (references; author: unknown) Treat people like angels; you will meet some and help make some. (references; author: unknown) Old folks say, "It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere." (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Meet Sir Cecil Thistlethwaite, the celebrated theological statistician. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Allen and Rossi Meet Dracula and Frankenstein (1974) Track Meet (1974) Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972) Both Ends Meet (1972) Meet the Sex (1969) | |
Song Titles | Happy To Meet (performing artist: The Chieftans) Meet Virginia (performing artist: Train) | |
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 | Cholera is caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium that lives among zooplankton in brackish waters, and in estuaries where rivers meet the sea. It infects humans through ingestion of such contaminated water. Credit: CDC. |  | This chancre is located on the posterior vaginal fourchette (where labia minora meet). The primary stage of syphilis is often marked by the appearance of a single sore – called a chancre, which is usually firm, round, small, and painless. Credit: CDC. |
 | President Nixon and Dr. Paine Wait to Meet Apollo 11 Astronauts. Credit: NASA. |  | Former NASA Administrators Meet in Washington, DC. Credit: NASA. |
 | Connecting the line - two level crews meet in Glen Canyon, Colorado River Level parties of Fred E. Joeckel and Floyd W. Hough. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Spring Creek and Boulder Creek meet, note the change in riparian vegetation. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | 09/29/00 - WASHINGTON --Lt. Col. Ken, and Majs. Karl and Kevin Rozelsky, meet at the Pentagon to be pinned-on by the Air Force chief of staff. The brothers -- all Air Force Academy graduates -- followed different career paths, but have opted to make the A. |  | 09/27/2000 - AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy (AFPN) -- Carol DiBattiste, under Secretary of the Air Force signs the re-enlistment papers of Tech. Sgt. Tate Leger of the 31st Maintenance Squadron, here. DiBattiste stopped here to meet with troops and families, and. |
 | Texas conservation leaders Memo Benevides (left), John Burt, (center), and Bob Buckley meet on conservation issues. Memo is president of the Texas Association of Conservation Districts, Burt is NRCS State conservationist, and Buckley is Executive Director. Credit: Ken Hammond. |  | Agricultural Research Service scientists are helping users of American rangelands meet the challenge of managing multiple uses sustainably. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |
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| "My Office" by Simon S. Commentary: "Hello and welcome at my office. nice to meet you... the office stands in kempten, germany. For this picture i had use advanced lightning." | "White Dove" by Laurent Cottier Commentary: "Dove meet in Camden Town." |
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 | Scary movie; surprise; descry; detect; encounter; expose; hit upon; meet with; spot; surprise; take unawares; turn up; unmask. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Douglas William Jerrold | Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it. |
Grace Kelly | You never meet anyone in Hollywood except by appointment. |
Henry James | Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet. |
John Gay | We only part to meet again. |
John Ray | Never meet trouble half-way. |
Mary Baker Eddy | Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need. |
Philo | Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. |
President Abraham Lincoln | We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. |
Publius Cornelius Tacitus | If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. |
Roy Rogers | Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | He that can reconcile blows and reverence, may, for aught I know, desire for his pains, a civil, respectful cudgeling where-ever he can meet with it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 3: The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2016 | The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the Spectre of Communism with a Manifesto of the party itself. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The International Commission referred to in Article 342 shall meet within three months from the date of the request made by a riparian State. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Divided, there is little we can do--for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder. (reference) |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | In each of these cases, the statements were obtained under circumstances that did not meet constitutional standards for protection of the privilege against self-incrimination. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | When the Campbells are returned, we shall meet them in London, and continue there, I trust, till we may carry her northward |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | One or two of the fishermen were to meet him on the road, to carry his things the rest of the way. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The reservations of power meet the reservations of the people in the sap. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He wanted to meet in the real world the unsubstantial image which his soul so constantly beheld |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Farewell, until we meet again in heaven |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Meet ya in the morning |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Patients must meet the sponsor's criteria. (references) | |
Participants must meet the specific requirements of the study. (references) | ||
The reasons for failing to meet the criteria should be specified. (references) | ||
Business | All products imported must meet EU specifications. (references) | |
German prices have now dropped to meet the EU average. (references) | ||
Locally produced feed additives cannot meet market demand. (references) | ||
Children | Cameroon | The Prime Minister refused to meet with the group. (references) |
China | Some charitable schools have opened in recent years in rural areas, but not enough to meet demand. (references) | |
Congo | These conditions sometimes make it impossible for parents to meet their children's basic human needs. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Morocco | Baha'is are forbidden to meet or participate in communal activities. (references) |
Nicaragua | Catholic Church leaders routinely meet with senior government officials. (references) | |
Ethiopia | In previous years, papers have been shut down for failure to meet this requirement. (references) | |
Economic History | Panama | New investment is necessary to meet this demand. (references) |
Qatar | They like to meet key officers of the foreign firm. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | Few firms have been able to meet these requirements. (references) | |
Human Rights | Namibia | Prisons in the country generally meet international standards. (references) |
Singapore | Prison conditions are believed to meet international standards. (references) | |
United Arab Emirates | Dubai prison conditions generally meet international standards. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Dominica | Elections are held every 5 years, and the latest election was held in 1999. According to the Carib Constitution, the Council must meet once a month, determine the chief's itinerary, and publish council meeting agendas in the government Gazette. (references) |
Minorities | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Police in the RS generally do not meet target standards of ethnic representation, as mandated by various agreements. (references) |
Moldova | They must pay rent for their facilities and meet local curriculum requirements, building codes, and safety standards. (references) | |
Political Economy | SWEDEN | Duties were raised slightly on average to meet the common EU tariff structure. (references) |
ECUADOR | In October 1999, Ecuador also failed to meet a coupon payment on its Eurobonds. (references) | |
PARAGUAY | Paraguay continues to meet its obligations to foreign creditors in a timely fashion. (references) | |
Political Rights | Panama | Locally, tribal chiefs govern each reserve; they meet in a general congress at regular intervals. (references) |
Belarus | The October 2000 parliamentary elections also failed to meet international standards for democratic elections. (references) | |
Lebanon | Refugee leaders are not elected, but there are "popular committees" that meet regularly with the UNRWA and visitors. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | Wines and other alcoholic beverages must meet Spanish standards. (references) |
Brazil | However, products that meet European requirements may be preferred. (references) | |
India | The RBI directs banks to meet Bureau of Indian Standards guidelines. (references) | |
Travel | Lithuania | Often, apartments have to be renovated to meet the western standards. (references) |
Zambia | Police/traffic checkpoints do occur, fining vehicles deemed not to meet safety regulations. (references) | |
Argentina | Among Argentines, it is customary for men to kiss even women they meet for the first time on the right cheek. (references) | |
Women | Cote d'Ivoire | Some women also encounter difficulty in obtaining loans, as they cannot meet the lending criteria mandated by banks. (references) |
Uganda | Divorce law requires women wanting to prove adultery to meet stricter evidentiary standards than are required for men. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | It is almost always done far from modern medical facilities, and techniques and hygiene do not meet modern medical standards. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Sri Lanka | Health and safety regulations do not meet international standards. (references) |
India | Every 3 months the group attempts to meet with its Bangladeshi and Nepalese counterparts. (references) | |
Paraguay | The failure of employers to meet salary payments also frequently precipitated labor disputes. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Knight | Well, I would like nothing better than for you to do that. And I think you would really enjoy the atmosphere, the university, and the people that you would meet at Texas Tech. |
Dennis Miller | Hey Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, stop talking peace but refusing to meet with the Israelis. |
Regis Philbin | The Rat Pak. And national exposure. I mean, it was a lot going on on that show and a chance to learn how they did it on network television. It was a wonderful three years and I did meet an awful lot of people. |
Robert Shapiro | You know, first of all, I'm so honored to be on the same show with Warren Christopher. And I had a chance to meet with the Secretary before this show. And I was discussing this. |
Rush Limbaugh | Brian quoted Ariel Sharon as saying he'll only meet with Jeb Bush when he visits south Florida next month, and not break bread with any Democrat leaders. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In order to meet as many demands of the emergency situation as possible, a program of emergency measures is now being formulated for action. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | For as such things come to pass, the more certain will be the coming of that day when our peoples may freely meet in friendship. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Social security has long helped to meet the hardships of retirement, death, and disability. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | So together we have tried to meet the needs of our people. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | As we meet here today, we stand on the threshold of a new era of peace in the world. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | We are better able to meet our people's needs. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Until we meet again, God bless you, my friends. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But to meet that challenge we must make some fundamental changes, some crucial investments in ourselves. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Everywhere I go, I meet talented people eager for opportunity, and able to work. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Like other generations of Americans, we will meet the responsibility of defending human liberty against violence and aggression. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Meet" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 79.74% of the time. "Meet" is used about 13,848 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 79.74% | 11,043 | 841 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 19.48% | 2,698 | 3,406 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.72% | 100 | 32,668 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13,848 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "meet": cause to meet ♦ chance to meet ♦ come to meet ♦ glad to meet ♦ glad to meet you! ♦ go to meet ♦ gone to meet one's maker ♦ happen to meet ♦ i am glad to meet you! ♦ it's good to meet you! ♦ make both ends meet ♦ make ends meet ♦ meet a bill ♦ meet a deadline ♦ meet a demand ♦ meet a need ♦ meet again ♦ meet all expenses ♦ meet all the requirements ♦ meet by chance ♦ meet each other ♦ meet half way ♦ meet halfway ♦ meet in council ♦ meet in privacy ♦ meet mr. x ♦ meet one at every turn ♦ meet one's commitment ♦ meet one's death ♦ meet one's doom ♦ meet one's end ♦ meet one's expectations ♦ meet one's match ♦ meet rising demand ♦ meet smb. ♦ meet the case ♦ meet the conditions ♦ meet the deadline ♦ meet the demands ♦ meet the down ♦ meet the ear ♦ meet the needs ♦ meet the requirements ♦ meet together ♦ meet up ♦ meet up with ♦ meet up with smb. ♦ meet wishes ♦ meet with ♦ meet with a rebuff ♦ meet with a refusal ♦ meet with a repulse ♦ meet with a stiff refusal ♦ meet with an accident ♦ meet with an utter refusal ♦ meet with approval ♦ meet with good treatment ♦ meet with ill usage ♦ meet with kindness ♦ meet with one's deserts ♦ meet with opposition ♦ meet with resistance ♦ pleased to meet you! ♦ run to meet one's troubles ♦ swim meet ♦ swimming meet ♦ the supply doesn't meet the demand ♦ till we meet again! ♦ To be meet with ♦ To make both ends meet ♦ To meet half way ♦ to meet one's maker ♦ to meet smb. ♦ To meet with ♦ track meet ♦ we will meet someday!. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "meet": Meet-a-mother, meet-the-buyer, meet-the-people, meet-the-press, meet-up. | |
Ending with "meet": Help-meet. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
boy meet world | 2,155 | meet an inmate | 95 |
meet people | 2,005 | meet new friend | 91 |
meet the parent | 696 | boy meet girl | 85 |
meet my folk | 537 | swim meet | 85 |
fockers meet | 428 | boy boy bravo meet | 84 |
swap meet | 368 | meet your match | 74 |
boy meet boy | 365 | pomona swap meet | 73 |
meet the press | 352 | motorcycle swap meet | 68 |
meet woman | 265 | east meet west | 64 |
meet | 206 | meet people online | 57 |
meet single | 205 | meet virginia | 56 |
meet girl | 199 | meet the feebles | 54 |
meet joe black | 192 | meet married woman | 53 |
orange county swap meet | 167 | hershey meet track | 52 |
boy meet world cast | 150 | casper meet wendy | 52 |
usa meet | 121 | meet me in st louis | 52 |
meet local single | 105 | boy meet picture world | 51 |
2 meet parent | 103 | track meet | 50 |
fokkers meet | 99 | rose bowl swap meet | 50 |
black meet people | 97 | california meet swap | 48 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "meet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | ontmoet (come across, encounter, met, see), sien (come across, encounter, see), saamgaan (assemble, congregate, gather, go with), oplaai (pick up). (various references) | |
Albanian | mbush (cement, charge, clog, close, cover in, cram, crowd, draw, fill, fill in, fill up, gorge, Grout, heap, imbue, impregnate, infest, inject, inspire, line, load, make out, pad, pervade, pour out, pump, stop up, Stow, stuff, suffuse, tap, write out), mblidhem (assemble, bank, build up, collect, contract, convene, cringe, crowd, crowd together, curl, draw, duck, forgather, huddle, mass, mob, pile up, reunite, roll by, roll up, shrink), vend takimi (tryst), takoj (attach, belong, chance on, come across, cross, encounter, happen, reach, run up against, salute), takohem (come across, converge, encounter, link up, reunite), takim (appointment, assignation, contact, encounter, engagement, gathering, interview, meeting, rendezvous, reunion, tryst), plotësoj (amplify, appease, complement, complete, consummate, draw, fill, fill in, fill up, flesh, fulfil, fulfill, grant, gratify, indulge, make good, make out, make up, perfect, perform, process, realize, refill, replenish, satisfy, supplement, supply), paguaj (buy, defray, disburse, fee, foot, fork out, give, pay, pay out, pay up, plank, reckon, recompense, redeem, remunerate, render, repay, reward, settle), përleshem në dyluftim, njihem (become acquainted, look through), ndeshem (clash, collide, fall in, fight, occur, spar), ndesh (attend, bang against, barge, bump, come across, come round, cross, encounter, fall in with, fall over, fight, forgather, greet, happen on, hit, light, run into), has (come across, face, fall in with, run into), derdhet (Debouch, flood, flow, flow in to, flow into, overflow, pour, rain, regorge, rill, run out, run over, sluice, spill, stream). (various references) | |
Arabic | تصادم (clash, collide, collision, impact, interfere, jar, jostle, shock), إجتماع (assembly, congress, convention, forum, gathering, grouping, huddle, meeting, muster, powwow, proceedings, seance), إجتمع (assemble, congregate, convene, gang up on, get together, herd with, muster, reunite, summon), إتحد (associate, band together, cohere, get together, incorporate, integrate, join, make a bee-line for a place, marry, merge), إلتقى (concur, converge, get together, reunite), إلتقى ب (rendezvous, run into one another), دفع القيمة, صادف (chance, come across, encounter, fall in with, happen, happen on, light upon, meet by chance, run across, stumble, stumble on, tumble), مكان الإجتماع (meeting place), تعرف (become acquainted, recognize, spy out), تقابل, واجه (be faced with, be facing, brave, confront, cope, encounter, experience, face, head, manage, pull faces, shoulder, square, stand up, stand up to), وفى بالمرام, قابل (accepting, accessible, agreeing, come upon, confront, consenting, encounter, face, run across, subtend), لقاء رياضي, المجتمعون في إجتماع. (various references) | |
Asturian | alcontrar (to meet). (various references) | |
Aymara | uñt'asiña (to meet someone), uñt'aña (to meet). (various references) | |
Bemba | ukumana (to meet). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | o'yáaatsiim (to meet). (various references) | |
Breton | kejañ (to meet). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | оборвам (controvert, explode, rebut, refute, repulse), дуелирам се, идвам до, изплащам (allow, clear, disburse, discharge, expiate, lift, liquidate, pay, pay away, pay out, pay up, repay, settle, sink, take up), плащам (come across, compensate, cough up, defray, give, kick in, part, pay, pl |
