meet
Base form
meet
/miːt/
Past simple
met
/met/
Past participle
met
/met/
MeaningA1
to see and talk to someone
to meet new people at university
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Shall we meet outside the cinema at seven?
- Negative · Form 1I don’t meet my school friends very often now.
- Past simple · Form 2I met Aisha for coffee in town yesterday afternoon.
- Past simple · Form 2Tom and Priya met at a friend’s wedding in 2019.
- Present perfect · Form 3Have you met my sister? She’s just moved here from Glasgow.
- Passive · Form 3Our guests were met at the airport by a driver.
Watch out
Met has one t and a short vowel /met/. Meeted copies greet — greeted, which is regular.
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