dual meet

noun

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

Examples of dual meet in a Sentence

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Instead of generating organic content, Oliveros handed the phone to two gymnasts at a time, one on each team slated to compete in an NCAA dual meet. Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 For four years of dual meets and league championships, Dusseault was always the first one to the wall in the 50-yard or 100-yard races. Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025 Ellie McCuskey-Hay, St. Ignatius track and field: McCuskey-Hay won three events for SI in a dual meet against Presentation on Tuesday. Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025 Two of the nation's elite women's gymnastics programs will compete in a dual meet on Saturday night as No. 5 Utah plays host to No. 4 UCLA. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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