meet with

rencontrer, s’entretenir avec

Se retrouver avec quelqu’un pour discuter d’un sujet.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : meet with someone to do something (We met with the owners to discuss repairs.)

Synonymes : meet, confer with

Expressions courantes : meet with someone, meet with clients

rencontrer, se heurter à

Recevoir une réaction ou connaître une situation, notamment du soutien, des difficultés ou du succès.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : meet with something (Our request met with a quick refusal.)

Synonymes : encounter, experience, receive

Expressions courantes : meet with resistance, meet with success, meet with approval

répondre à, accueillir avec

Réagir à quelque chose par une action ou un sentiment particulier.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : meet something with something (They met our suggestion with enthusiasm.)

Synonymes : answer, respond to

Expressions courantes : meet something with silence, meet something with laughter

recevoir un coup, heurter

Heurter quelque chose ou en recevoir un coup.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : meet with something (His jaw met with a powerful blow.)

Synonymes : strike, hit

Expressions courantes : meet with a blow, meet with a punch

rejoindre, toucher

Toucher une autre surface ou la rejoindre à un point précis.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : meet with something (The wooden edge meets with the stone floor.)

Synonymes : touch, join, abut

Expressions courantes : meet with the wall, meet with another surface