met

¹

[ met ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of meet ¹.

Met

²

abbreviation for

, Biochemistry.

1. methionine.

met-

³

1. variant of meta- before a vowel:

   metempirical.

met.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. metaphor.
2. metaphysics.
3. meteorology.
4. metropolitan.

met.

¹

abbreviation for

1. meteorological

   the met. office weather report

2. meteorology

met

²

/ mɛt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of meet 1

Met

³

/ mɛt /

noun

1. (in Britain) the Metropolitan Police Force: the main police force serving London
2. (in the US) the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Other Words From

• un·met adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of met¹

First recorded before 900

Idioms and Phrases

See under meet .

Example Sentences

When he was 18, he attended a modeling convention, met an agent who encouraged him to relocate to Los Angeles and began modeling for brands like Skechers, Tommy Hilfiger and Gucci.

From Los Angeles Times

Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Mayor Cicero in the film, also grew up in a house of opera: His mother was a Black opera singer from Alabama who met his Italian father while performing in Naples.

From Los Angeles Times

He met Schimberg when they both participated in New York Film Festival’s Artist Academy in 2017, and they immediately hit it off.

From Los Angeles Times

After she entered the Australian jungle on Sunday, broadcaster Rylan Clark, who met Tulisa when she was a judge on X-Factor, urged viewers not to comment on her appearance.

From BBC

At the pinnacle of his fame in the late 1970s, Carson said his best friend was possibly his lawyer, Henry Bushkin, who would later write that he was shocked by this admission, adding that he had never “met a man with less of an aptitude or interest in maintaining real relationships.”

From New York Times

Related Words

• accumulated
• collected
• concentrated
• huddled
• massed
• reunited