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met
/mɛt/
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What does met mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of meet
noun
- (informal) A Metropolitan line train.
- A player for the New York Mets.
More meanings (16)
noun
- Initialism of metabolic equivalent of task, a measure of the intensity of aerobic exercise.
- Abbreviation of methylethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic tryptamine.
- Abbreviation of methionine, an essential nonpolar amino acid.
- The gene symbol for C-Met, a proto-oncogene in human biology.
- Initialism of mesenchymal–epithelial transition.
- Initialism of motivational enhancement therapy, used in treatment of drug abuse and mental illness to help people in denial accept treatment.
- Initialism of muscle energy technique, a neuromuscular protocol used in osteopathy, physical therapy, and massage therapy.
- Initialism of Mission Elapsed Time.
- Initialism of Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled handcart used on the Apollo 14 manned mission to the Moon.
proper noun
- The London Underground Metropolitan line.
- The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS).
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
- The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.
- (historical) The Metropolitan Railway.
verb
- (obsolete) simple past and past participle of mete (to measure)
- (obsolete) To dream; to occur (to one) in a dream.
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IPA pronunciation
/mɛt/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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See this word in context.
She could have met all the men on the Divide there, and welcome, if only she hadn’t brought this horror on him.
She met his eyes for an instant, but was immediately constrained to give all her attention to the scene now going forward.
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Halfway up the path she met Jane and Diana rushing back to the pond in a state narrowly removed from positive frenzy.
Wherever thern ship met ship of the First Born was a battle royal, and in this I thought I saw our salvation.
Though dazzled with the wonders which met me on every hand, my thoughts could not be much withdrawn from my strange situation.