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meets with

meets with is the third-person singular simple present indicative of meet with.

Meaning of meet with

Verb

meet with (third-person singular simple present meets with, present participle meeting with, simple past and past participle met with)

  1. (Canada, US, transitive) To have a meeting with (someone).
    • ‘They want to meet with you at the Annexe as soon as possible. I'm to ring back by yesterday.’
      ‘They want what?’
      ‘To meet you. But they use the preposition.’
      ‘Do they? Do they really? Good Lord. I suppose it's the German influence. Or is it old English? Meet with. Well I must say.’ And he lumbered...1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 239
  2. (transitive) To encounter; to experience.
    • The proposal met with stiff opposition.
  3. (transitive) To answer (something) with; to respond to (something) with.
    • They met the proposal with stiff opposition.
    Synonyms:
    greet
  4. (transitive) To strike (something).
    • His face met with a punch harder than a punch should be.
  5. (transitive) To contact or touch (something).
    • The baseboard met with the chimney stones very crudely.

Questions about meets with

What is meets with the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Meets with is the third-person singular simple present indicative of meet with.

Words near meets with in the dictionary

  1. meets one's maker
  2. meets one's match
  3. meets one's Waterloo
  4. meets someone where they are
  5. meets up
  6. meets with
  7. meetup
  8. meetups
  9. Meetze
  10. Meetzes
  11. Meeussen's rule

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