meet with

To come together with someone to discuss something.

• I will meet with the manager.
• She met with her doctor to discuss the results.
• Are you meeting with the clients tomorrow?

How to use it: meet with someone to do something (We met with the owners to discuss repairs.)

Similar words: meet, confer with

Common phrases: meet with someone, meet with clients

To receive a reaction or experience a situation, especially support, difficulty, or success.

• The plan met with approval.
• Their efforts have met with little success.
• Her request for help met with silence.

How to use it: meet with something (Our request met with a quick refusal.)

Similar words: encounter, experience, receive

Common phrases: meet with resistance, meet with success, meet with approval

To respond to something with a particular action or feeling.

• She met his greeting with a smile.
• The crowd met the announcement with cheers.
• Why did they meet our offer with such anger?

How to use it: meet something with something (They met our suggestion with enthusiasm.)

Similar words: answer, respond to

Common phrases: meet something with silence, meet something with laughter

To hit something, or receive a blow from it.

• His face met with a fist.
• Her shoulder met with a sudden blow.
• The raised shield met with another heavy strike.

How to use it: meet with something (His jaw met with a powerful blow.)

Similar words: strike, hit

Common phrases: meet with a blow, meet with a punch

To touch another surface or join it at a particular point.

• The frame meets with the wall.
• The two surfaces met with each other at an awkward angle.
• Where does the roof meet with the chimney?

How to use it: meet with something (The wooden edge meets with the stone floor.)

Similar words: touch, join, abut

Common phrases: meet with the wall, meet with another surface