met

See also Met, -met, and MET

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: met, IPA: /mɛt/, X-SAMPA: /mEt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

met

1. simple past tense and past participle of meet
2. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of mete (to measure)

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Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: able · five · need · #394: met · boy · c. · strong

Anagrams

• EMT
• TEM

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Afrikaans

Preposition

met

1. with

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Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛd/

Conjunction

met

1. but

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Catalan

Verb

met

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of metre.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of metre.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛt/
• Homophone: med
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

met

1. genitive plural of meta

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mit, variant of *midi (from which mee, mede), from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt
• IPA: /mɛt/
• (Flemish) IPA: /mɛ/

• audio

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Preposition

met

1. with

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of mee

preposition	met
postpositional adv.	mee
+ het (it)	ermee
+ dit (this)	hiermee
+ dat (that)	daarmee
+ wat (what)	waarmee
+ iets (something)	ergens mee
+ niets (nothing)	nergens mee
+ alles (everything)	overal mee

Related terms

• mee

Derived terms

• tot en met

Anagrams

• tem

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /meːʰt/

Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, plural met)

1. prestige, image, reputation, regard
2. record

Declension

n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	met	metið	met	metini
Accusative	met	metið	met	metini
Dative	meti	metinum	metum	metunum
Genitive	mets	metsins	meta	metanna

Derived terms

• heimsmet (world record)
• metár (record year), metsølubók (bestseller), mettíð (record time)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: met
• IPA: [met]

Pronoun

met

1. (personal, dialectal) we.

Synonyms

• me (standard Finnish)
• myö (dialectal)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛ/
• Homophone: mets

Verb

met

1. third-person singular indicative present of "mettre", puts

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛːt/

  Rhymes: -ɛːt

Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, plural met)

1. record (most extreme known value of some achievement)

Declension

declension of met

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	met	metið	met	metin
accusative	met	metið	met	metin
dative	meti	metinu	metum	metunum
genitive	mets	metsins	meta	metanna

Derived terms

• heimsmet
• metár
• metsölubók
• mettími
• slá met

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Kven

Pronoun

met

1. (personal) we

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Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מת (met).

Adjective

met (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מת)

1. dead

Synonyms

• niftar

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Lojban

Rafsi

met

1. rafsi of mentu.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mit, from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /met/

Preposition

met

1. with
2. by means of, using (a tool, material etc.)
3. at the same time as, at
4. with, under circumstances of
5. concerning

Related terms

• mede

Descendants

• Dutch: met

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Old Saxon

Preposition

met

1. Alternative form of mid.

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Polish

Noun

met

1. Genitive plural of meta.

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Slovene

Noun

met m inan.

1. throw (flight of a thrown object)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at throw. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see met in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Turkish

Noun

met (pl., metler)

1. flow
2. tide

Derived terms

• met dalgası