Definition of 'met'
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met
British English pronunciation
American English pronunciation
met in British English
verb
the past tense and past participle of meet1
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met. in British English
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met in American English 1
verb transitive, verb intransitive
pt. & pp. of
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met in American English 2
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
met in American English
(met)
verb
pt. and pp. of meet1
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Met in American English
abbreviation
Biochemistry
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met. in American English
abbreviation
1.
metaphor
2.
metaphysics
3.
meteorology
4.
metropolitan
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met- in American English
prefix
var. (before a vowel) of meta-
metempirical
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