meet

rencontrer, faire connaissance avec

Voir quelqu’un et lui parler pour la première fois.

En anglais simple : To see and speak to someone for the first time.

• I want to meet your sister.
• We met at a party last year.
• Have you met our new teacher?

Expressions courantes : meet someone, first meet someone

se réunir, se retrouver

Se rassembler pour se voir ou se parler.

En anglais simple : If people do this, they come together to see or talk to each other.

• Our friends meet every Friday.
• The club met in the library.
• Where do you usually meet?

Comment l'utiliser : meet to do something (The members meet to discuss local problems.)

Synonymes : get together, gather

Expressions courantes : meet together, meet regularly, meet for lunch

retrouver, rencontrer

Retrouver quelqu’un à une heure ou à un endroit convenus.

En anglais simple : To come together with someone at an agreed time or place.

• Meet me at the gate.
• We met for lunch yesterday.
• Can you meet us at six?

Comment l'utiliser : meet someone at a place (I will meet you at the entrance.); meet someone for something (We met for coffee after work.)

Synonymes : get together with

Expressions courantes : meet someone, meet at noon, meet for coffee

rencontrer, croiser

Voir quelqu’un par hasard, sans avoir prévu de le voir.

En anglais simple : To see someone unexpectedly, without planning to see them.

• I met Tom in the street.
• She met an old friend while shopping.
• You never know whom you might meet here.

Synonymes : encounter, run into

Expressions courantes : meet someone unexpectedly, happen to meet

compétition, rencontre sportive

Événement où des personnes s’affrontent dans des sports comme la course ou la natation.

En anglais simple : An event where people compete in sports such as running or swimming.

• Our team won the swim meet.
• Several schools entered the track meet.
• The next meet takes place on Saturday.

Synonymes : competition

Expressions courantes : track meet, swim meet, athletics meet

rencontre, réunion

Occasion où des personnes se rassemblent, souvent après l’avoir prévu.

En anglais simple : An occasion when people get together, often after making plans.

• We arranged a meet for Sunday.
• The club holds monthly meets.
• Is the meet still happening tonight?

Synonymes : meeting, get-together

Expressions courantes : arrange a meet, club meet