Cross
Meet
Meet verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Usage example: we never once met another car on that lonely country road
Cross is a synonym for meet in joining topic. You can use "Cross" instead a verb "Meet", if it concerns topics such as position, connect, converge, come together.
Nearby Word: meeting
How words are described
| standard | standard cross | standard meet |
| original | original cross | original meet |
| many | many cross | many meet |
| final | final cross | final meet |
| Other adjectives: last, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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This has a tendency to stall if the two carts end up adjacent, as the lines tend to criss-cross and meet at bottlenecks and tunnels.
Source: Video Game / Team Fortress 2 -
I make ends meet just like any man I work with my hands If you cross my path, I'll knock you out Drag you off the road Steal your shoes from off your feet I'm the Highwayman Gonna make ends meet
Source: The Highwayman -
In Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, Sanjuro tries to catch a train to cross Maritropa to meet with Kura, but he ends up missing it and having to take an alternate route.
Source: Missed the Bus
Cite this Source
Meet and Cross. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/meet
Cross & Meet. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/meet>.
Meet or Cross. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/meet.
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