MET Synonyms: 243 Similar and Opposite Words

met

verb

Definition of met next

past tense of meet

as in encountered

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face we never once met another car on that lonely country road

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as in gathered

to come together into one body or place we'll meet for dinner, with a discussion to follow, next week

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as in found

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance met her future husband at a party

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as in fulfilled

to do what is required by the terms of a financially struggling city trying to meet its loans

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as in faced

to enter into contest or conflict with the up-and-coming boxer will meet the reigning champ for the first time tomorrow

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as in matched

to produce something equal to (as in quality or value) I'll meet your bet, nay, I'll even raise it

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as in accepted

to put up with (something painful or difficult) trying to meet the challenge of going to college while working at a full-time job

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as in paid

to give what is owed for I paid a portion of the long-distance bill to keep my carrier from cutting off service until I can meet the remainder of the charges

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repudiated

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Recent Examples of met Scotland's Ben Gannon-Doak was trying to run down a long pass when Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou ran out to grab the ball, and both met in a crunching collision that left both players down for a minute. —

Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 June 2026 They were all met with loud cheers on this Juneteenth evening. —

Marlow Stern, Variety, 20 June 2026 To plan the record, the band first met at Old Canteen, another Italian restaurant that once hosted guests like Frank Sinatra and Providence’s mob-friendly mayor Buddy Cianci. —

Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026 Crews battling the fire were initially met with water supply issues that limited their efforts to put out the flames. —

Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 19 June 2026 All my facelift recovery needs were met without asking. —

Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026 Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland met face-to-face ahead of the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament final at All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) Forbidden Door pay-per-view on June 28. —

Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 New York — The agreement to re-open the Strait of Hormuz has been met with swift relief in markets. —

John Towfighi, CNN Money, 19 June 2026 His parents, Sandra and Rick Brunson, met at Temple University while both were student athletes. —

Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 June 2026

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Elsewhere, drivers encountered a very different kind of mess when a tractor-trailer hauling 40,000 pounds of extra-firm tofu crashed off a highway into a ravine in Missouri in March, The New York Times reported.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 June 2026
The Pew Research Center found that Google users who encountered an AI summary in response to their search term clicked on a link in the search results 8% of the time, compared to 15% of the time when no AI summary was offered.

— Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026