meet – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to meet with sb
Participle: met with sb
Gerund: meeting with sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	meet with sb
you	meet with sb
he;she;it	meets with sb
we	meet with sb
you	meet with sb
they	meet with sb

Perfect

I	have met with sb
you	have met with sb
he;she;it	has met with sb
we	have met with sb
you	have met with sb
they	have met with sb

Past

I	met with sb
you	met with sb
he;she;it	met with sb
we	met with sb
you	met with sb
they	met with sb

Pluperfect

I	had met with sb
you	had met with sb
he;she;it	had met with sb
we	had met with sb
you	had met with sb
they	had met with sb

Future

I	will meet with sb
you	will meet with sb
he;she;it	will meet with sb
we	will meet with sb
you	will meet with sb
they	will meet with sb

Future Perfect

I	will have met with sb
you	will have met with sb
he;she;it	will have met with sb
we	will have met with sb
you	will have met with sb
they	will have met with sb

Subjunctive

Present

I	meet with sb
you	meet with sb
he;she;it	meet with sb
we	meet with sb
you	meet with sb
they	meet with sb

Perfect

I	have met with sb
you	have met with sb
he;she;it	have met with sb
we	have met with sb
you	have met with sb
they	have met with sb

Imperfect

I	met with sb
you	met with sb
he;she;it	met with sb
we	met with sb
you	met with sb
they	met with sb

Pluperfect

I	had met with sb
you	had met with sb
he;she;it	had met with sb
we	had met with sb
you	had met with sb
they	had met with sb

Conditional

Present

I	would meet with sb
you	would meet with sb
he;she;it	would meet with sb
we	would meet with sb
you	would meet with sb
they	would meet with sb

Perfect

I	would have met with sb
you	would have met with sb
he;she;it	would have met with sb
we	would have met with sb
you	would have met with sb
they	would have met with sb

Imperative

you	meet with sb
we	Let's meet with sb
you	meet with sb

Indicative

Present

I	am meeting with sb
you	are meeting with sb
he;she;it	is meeting with sb
we	are meeting with sb
you	are meeting with sb
they	are meeting with sb

Perfect

I	have been meeting with sb
you	have been meeting with sb
he;she;it	has been meeting with sb
we	have been meeting with sb
you	have been meeting with sb
they	have been meeting with sb

Past

I	was meeting with sb
you	were meeting with sb
he;she;it	was meeting with sb
we	were meeting with sb
you	were meeting with sb
they	were meeting with sb

Pluperfect

I	had been meeting with sb
you	had been meeting with sb
he;she;it	had been meeting with sb
we	had been meeting with sb
you	had been meeting with sb
they	had been meeting with sb

Future

I	will be meeting with sb
you	will be meeting with sb
he;she;it	will be meeting with sb
we	will be meeting with sb
you	will be meeting with sb
they	will be meeting with sb

Future Perfect

I	will have been meeting with sb
you	will have been meeting with sb
he;she;it	will have been meeting with sb
we	will have been meeting with sb
you	will have been meeting with sb
they	will have been meeting with sb

Conditional

Present

I	would be meeting with sb
you	would be meeting with sb
he;she;it	would be meeting with sb
we	would be meeting with sb
you	would be meeting with sb
they	would be meeting with sb

Perfect

I	would have been meeting with sb
you	would have been meeting with sb
he;she;it	would have been meeting with sb
we	would have been meeting with sb
you	would have been meeting with sb
they	would have been meeting with sb

Verbs conjugated like 'meet'

betide, bleed, breed, crossbreed, feed, meet, misfeed, overfeed, spoon-feed, underfeed, boobfeed, bottle-feed, breast-feed, breastfeed, chestfeed, cofeed, counterbleed, counterfeed, cross-breed, forbleed, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'meet'

meat, meed, meek, meep, melt, weet, abet, aret, beat, beef,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to come together as a group: assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet up, pack, team, team up, throng
converge: join, unite, intersect, connect, cross
encounter: confront, face, front, close
oppose: conflict, match, encounter, jostle
fulfill: satisfy, gratify, settle, answer, discharge
gather: assemble, collect, congregate, convene, muster

Antonyms

encounter: evasion, avoidance, retreat, truce
oppose: approve, applaud, aid, attest
fulfill: abandon, fail, cease, quit
gather: distribute, disperse, disseminate, dispense

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ up, ~ with somebody, ~ with something,

Etymology

1. O.E. metan, from P.Gmc. *motijanan (cf.O.N. mæta, O.S. motian "to meet"). Related to O.E. gemot "meeting." The noun, in the sporting sense, is attested from 1831, originally of hunting. Meeting "gathering of people for discussion, etc." is attested from 1513. In 17c., it was applied generally to worship assemblies of nonconformists, but this now is retained mostly by Quakers.
2. From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot. See: Proto-Germanic '*mōtijaną', Scots 'met', Dutch 'ontmoeten', Low Saxon 'möten', Danish 'møde', Faroese 'møta', Icelandic 'mæta', Norwegian 'møte', Norwegian, nynorsk 'møta', Swedish 'möta'.

Verbs referencing "meet"

Dutch ontmoeten, Danish møde, Norwegian, nynorsk møte.

Sample Sentences

When the morning—the morning—came, and we met at breakfast, it was curious to see how eager we all were to prevent a moment 's pause in the conversation, and how astoundingly gay everybody was: the forced spirits of each member of the little [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] and hurrying the men. In five minutes ’ time, the little steamer is utterly deserted, and the packet is beset and over-run by its late freight, who instantly pervade the whole ship, and are to be met with by the dozen in every nook and corner: swarming down below with their own baggage, and stumbling over other people 's; disposing themselves comfortably in wrong cabins, and creating a most [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] ship next morning; which made bed a practical joke, and getting up, by any process short of falling out, an impossibility; I say nothing. But anything like the utter dreariness and desolation that met my eyes when I literally ‘ tumbled up ’ on deck at noon, I never saw. Ocean and sky were all of one dull, heavy, uniform, lead colour. There was no extent of prospect even over the dreary waste [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] George, holding Eliza's hands, and gazing into her eyes, without moving. They stood silent; then there were last words, and sobs, and bitter weeping,—such parting as those may make whose hope to meet again is as the spider's web,—and the husband and wife were parted. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ I 'm sure, Aunt Chloe, I understand my pie and pudding privileges, ” said George. “ Ask Tom Lincon if I don't crow over him, every time I meet him. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
‘“ When Laura is walking through a passage-way, with her hands spread before her, she knows instantly every one she meets, and passes them with a sign of recognition: but if it be a girl of her own age, and especially if it be one of her favourites, there is instantly a bright smile of recognition, a twining of arms, a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] ) obliges the company with a song: nor does it ever degenerate, at a tender crisis, into a screech or howl; wherein, I must confess, I should have thought the danger lay. At an early hour they all meet together for these festive purposes; at eight o’clock refreshments are served; and at nine they separate. (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] to him, and tell him, if I never see him again, ” she turned away, and stood with her back to them for a moment, and then added, in a husky voice, “ tell him to be as good as he can, and try and meet me in the kingdom of heaven. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] ’ It is not assumed and taken for granted that being there they must be evil-disposed and wicked people, before whose vicious eyes it is necessary to flourish threats and harsh restraints. They are met at the very threshold with this mild appeal. All within-doors is very plain and simple, as it ought to be, but arranged with a view to peace and comfort. It costs no more than any other plan of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] especially in the small community of a city like this, where each man knows the other, to surround the administration of justice with some artificial barriers against the ‘Hail fellow, well met ’ deportment of everyday life. All the aid it can have in the very high character and ability of the Bench, not only here but elsewhere, it has, and well deserves to have; but it may need something [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
Well, uh, I think I would've remembered. Have we ever met ? (Faye)
And that's the reason we 're here. We 're meeting suppliers all around. (Letters to Juliet)
It's all right. I understand. Your father and I met each other at a young age. (If I Could Ride Again)
Well, that's what I do. I think I make a big impact on anyone I meet. (72 Hours)

meet – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of meet

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'meet'

Verbs similar to 'meet'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "meet"

Sample Sentences