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verb

met

meht
verb
1
Past tense and past participle of meet: encountered someone or something, or came together.
"We met at a friend’s wedding three years ago."
"The two roads met at a small roundabout."
noun
1
Informal short form referring to a player on the New York Mets baseball team.
"The Mets fans cheered as their Met hit a home run."

How to Use Met

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe past-tense form of "meet".

Word Forms

met past tense, Mets plural

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Etymology

From Middle English meten, from Old English metan ("to meet, encounter").

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