To meet means to come together with someone, usually at a specific time and place. When you meet a friend at the park, you've both arrived there to see each other. When two people meet for the first time, they're introduced and get to know each other. Your teacher might say, “Let's meet after class to discuss your project.”

The word also means to satisfy a requirement or standard. If you meet the deadline for your book report, you've turned it in on time. When a company meets its sales goals, it has achieved what it aimed for. A building that meets safety standards has all the required features to keep people safe.

Meet can also describe things coming into contact or joining together. Two rivers meet where they flow into each other. In geometry, two lines meet at a point where they intersect. The phrase “make ends meet” means having just enough money to pay for what you need: if a family can barely make ends meet, they're managing to cover their bills but don't have much left over.

Notice how flexible this word is. Whether you're meeting a person, meeting expectations, or describing where two things meet, the core idea involves coming together or reaching a point of connection.