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 Nooshin Meshkaty, an Iranian American businessperson, said even though the government has tried to limit people for 47 years, it has always been met with resistance. —

Laurie Perez, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 Heading into the season, however, the gamble was paying off — news of her casting was met with fan excitement and a preview of the season that aired after the Oscars drew more than 5 million viewers. —

Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026 House ethics officials said the committee, which has been considering the matter since 2023, met a dozen times as part of the investigation, reviewed more than 33,000 documents and issued dozens of subpoenas. —

Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026 Performances of the song by school a cappella groups have been met with strongly positive reactions and standing ovations. —

Caché McClay, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 Republicans in the House met Friday after the legislation passed and rejected the plan. —

Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026 That bill immediately met resistance in the House. —

Emily Wilkins,justin Papp, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026 Taylor Lautner met the former Taylor Dome in December 2017, and the two went public with their couplehood the next October and got married in November 2022 after a yearlong engagement. —

Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026 Sofia is the film director Sofia Coppola, who’s been one of Jacobs’s close friends since the two met, in the early nineties, toward the end of his time at Perry Ellis. —

Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026

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By trapping and levitating phonons in a vacuum with an optical tweezer, the researchers demonstrated the technology with the device, but also encountered noise issues.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Officers encountered large groups of juveniles downtown on Sunday and responded to multiple fights, officials said.

— JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026