The difference between Meet and Suitable

When used as adjectives, meet means suitable, whereas suitable means having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task.


Meet is also noun with the meaning: a sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).

Meet is also verb with the meaning: to come face to face with by accident.

check bellow for the other definitions of Meet and Suitable

  1. Meet as a verb (Ireland):

    To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. To come face to face with someone by arrangement. To get acquainted with someone. To French kiss someone.

    Examples:

    "Fancy meeting you here!  Guess who I met at the supermarket today?"

    "Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.  Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?"

    "I'm pleased to meet you!  I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine."

    "I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!"

  2. Meet as a verb (sports):

    To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting. To come together in conflict. To play a match.

    Examples:

    "I met with them several times.  The government ministers met today to start the negotiations."

    "England and Holland will meet in the final."

  3. Meet as a verb:

    To converge and finally touch or intersect. To touch or hit something while moving. To adjoin, be physically touching.

    Examples:

    "The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away."

    "The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent."

    "The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room. The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast."

  4. Meet as a verb:

    To satisfy; to comply with.

    Examples:

    "This proposal meets my requirements.  The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs."

  5. Meet as a verb:

    To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

    Examples:

    "The eye met a horrid sight.  He met his fate."

  1. Meet as a noun:

    A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).

  2. Meet as a noun:

    A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.

  3. Meet as a noun (rail transport):

    A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.

  4. Meet as a noun:

    A meeting.

    Examples:

    "OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him."

  5. Meet as a noun (algebra):

    The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.

  6. Meet as a noun (Irish):

    An act of French kissing someone.

  1. Meet as an adjective (archaic):

    Suitable; right; proper.

  1. Suitable as an adjective:

    Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.