Meaning
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”). Cognates Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 47 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-08-23MBEINTU
- 2026-08-08MEILTUV
- 2026-07-02MEGILNT
- 2026-06-24TACEMNP
- 2026-06-11EGLMOTY
- 2026-05-09TAEGHIM
- 2026-03-20MACDEHT
- 2026-02-19MACEHIT
- 2026-02-11METIFNY
- 2026-01-13MEYTLIN
- 2025-11-15METOIGN
- 2025-11-07TCZVIEM
+35 earlier appearances in the archive.