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meet

/ˈmit/MEET
/ˈmit/MEET

Meaningmeet

Common meaning: come together or encounter someone

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAN‘remain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 260, p. 739 · scan
  2. Old Englishmētan‘meet’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmeten‘meet’source
  4. Englishmeet‘come together or encounter someone’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English mētan ‘meet’.

Roots

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