meet
part of speech
verb (meet, meets, met, meeting); noun (a meet, meets — a sports event)
meaning for a pupil
1) To meet is to come together with someone at the same place. tree →
2) To meet someone is also to see them and get to know them for the first time. tree →
3) Lines, roads or rivers meet where they join. tree →
4) To meet a need or a goal is to reach it. tree →
5) A meet is a sports event, like a swim meet. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Tradition reads God "meeting" people as God making Himself known to them, as with the Hebrews in Egypt or Jacob and the angels. In the primary lessons: people or trains coming together; two moving things that meet after some time; a club or group meets when it gathers; in geometry two lines meet at a point; phrases «meet up», «nice to meet you», «meet the target», «swim meet», «track meet»
examples
- And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us. (Torah EXO.5.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. (Torah GEN.32.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh; (Torah EXO.5.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. (Prophets 2SA.18.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. (Writings 1CH.19.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. (Writings PSA.85.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- They meet at the park at 3 o'clock. tree →
- Two trains start 300 km apart and meet. tree →
- The club meets 4 times a month. tree →
- How many times does it meet in a year? tree →
- Nice to meet you, I'm Maya. tree →
- The two sides of a triangle meet at a corner. tree →
- Our class met its goal of reading 500 books. tree →
- Jack won two ribbons at the swim meet. tree →
- Meet here beneath this ash-tree's roots. tree →
note
Moving toward each other to meet: add the speeds. Meetings per month is a rate. Trap: things moving apart also add speeds, things in the same direction subtract. Past form is «met», not «meeted». Do not mix up meet with meat (food).
In the corpora
- (32-2) And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
- And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us.
- And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh;
- And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «meet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.