Past tense of meet
irregular verb
The past tense of meet is met. The past participle is also met.
Forms of meet
| Base form (V1) | meet /miːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | met /mɛt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | met /mɛt/ |
| Present participle | meeting /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | meets /miːts/ |
Met in a sentence
- Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
- I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!
- They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.From the entry date
- A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.From the entry wall
- Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school.From the entry new
Meaning of meet
- verb To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- verb To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
- verb To get acquainted with someone.
Questions about the past tense of meet
- What is the past tense of meet?
- The past tense of meet is met.
- What is the past participle of meet?
- The past participle of meet is met.
- Is meet a regular or irregular verb?
- Meet is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meet (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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