met — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

all, last, new

I haven't seen my old friends since we all met last summer at the beach.

VERB + MET

could've, hands, haven't, park, place, say

I haven't met anyone from that company before today.

MET + NOUN

accident, airport, chance, eke, ex-girlfriend, family, man, naomi

I met my ex-girlfriend by chance at the supermarket last week.

PREP.

in, on, since, up

I met up with my old friends from college last weekend.

ADV.

somewhere

We met somewhere in the city and grabbed coffee together.

Definitions

verb

1

To dream; to occur (to one) in a dream.

All night me met eke that I was at Kirke.

name

1

The London Underground Metropolitan line.

2

The Metropolitan Railway.

3

The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS).

The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over its handling of the investigation. […] The Met said it had informed its own Directorate of Professional Standards and a "mandatory referral will be made to the IOPC in relation to the initial contact from the woman's friend".

4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, though Jung and Freud’s boat ride through the Tunnel of Love seems to be a Doctorowian flight of fancy.

5

The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.

noun

1

A Metropolitan line train.

2

A player for the New York Mets.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

All night me met eke that I was at Kirke.

Wiktionary

02

The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over its handling of the investigation. […] The Met said it had informed its own Directorate of Professi

Wiktionary

03

Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, t

Wiktionary

04

"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.

Tatoeba · #1528

05

You met him at the university?

Tatoeba · #1909

06

It's been ten years since we last met.

Tatoeba · #6036

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, met is marked as obsolete, informal, historical, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.