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verb
  2. 2
    to play against an opponent in a game

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of meet*

    To take part in a competition or game: play, race, meet, contest, represent, take up, face, enter, ride, duel... more
  3. 3

    meet

     or

    meet with

     to get a particular result or reaction

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of meet*

    To produce a reaction or result: result in, decide, provoke, translate, go down, meet, bring forth, call forth, draw, leave... more
  4. 4
    if things such as roads, lines, or areas meet, they join each other

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of meet*

    What roads, paths and areas of land do: ascend, bend, bifurcate, branch off, carry, connect, diverge, divide, end, extend... more
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    to pay money that is owed or needed for something

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of meet*

    To spend or to pay money: disburse, spend, pay, pay out, finance, fund, invest in, put up, bear the cost/expense etc.... more
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    mainly literary if two things meet, they touch or join each other

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of meet*

    To touch, or to pick up someone or something: touch, pick up, handle, brush, pat, feel, gather up, pluck, graze, stroke... more

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