Meet and Run

Meet

Meet noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.
Usage example: a swim meet

Run and meet are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Run" instead the word "Meet" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: meeting

Run

Run noun - A prevailing or general movement or inclination.

Meet and run are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Meet" instead the word "Run" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: running

How words are described

long long meet long run
typical typical meet typical run
short short meet short run
standard standard meet standard run
Other adjectives: original, many, dead, single, entire, real, successful, bad, infamous, main, late, final, next, last, comic.

Common collocations

people meet people run people
race meet race run race
team meet team run team
way meet way run way
Other words: boss, version, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Dead Winter Dead tells the story of two young fighters in the Bosnian War, a Muslim girl and a Serb boy, who join their sides armies to fight for their homes, but eventually meet and run off together, realizing that the neither of them really want to fight.
    Source: Concept Album
  • After not coming to a family pinic in the Nick run of "Doug", we finally meet Roger's father in the Disney run episode "Doug's Movie Madness".
  • Meet Cute Clare and Eli first meet in Degrassi when Clare's glasses get run over by Eli's hearse.
    Source: Meet Cute
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