dual meet

noun

plural dual meets
chiefly US : a sports competition involving two teams compare tri-meet, quad meet

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The 15-game football campaign delayed their debut in the winter wrestling season by a month but the brothers looked to be in midseason form when both won in their first match of the season on Wednesday in a dual meet at home against DeLand. Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026 Bitner got back to work Wednesday night for the host Vikings, posting victories by technical fall and fall, respectively, in dual meets against both DePaul Prep and Hinsdale South in Burbank. Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026 Earlier that year in a dual meet against Penn State at Titan Gym, Burdick-Greenwood scored a 9.95 on the uneven bars, setting a program record that lasted for years. Brian Robin, Oc Register, 5 Nov. 2025 Women’s swimming After defeating Pepperdine 83-59 in a dual meet, San Diego State’s women’s swimming and diving team captured its first team championship at the Fresno State Invitational after eight straight runner-up finishes. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dual meet

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dual meet was in 1889

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“Dual meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dual%20meet. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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