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“Meet”• 1. “Meet” can be used as a verb,
usually indicating a sort of coming together or joining or encountering.
• EX: “We will MEET in the place where there is no darkness.”
• EX: I could not MEET her eyes after lying to her.
“Meet”
• 1A. “Meet” can also be a noun, referring to a sporting event for track or swimming.
• EX: Sami cried when his father didn’t make the track MEET during which Sami set a world record.
“Meat”• 2. “Meat” is a noun, usually referring
to the edible flesh of a mammal or of a fruit or nut;
• EX: The male lion takes the “Lion’s share,” the best part, of the MEAT after a kill.
• EX: The bird dropped the nut from 400 feet up onto a rock to crack the shell and get at the MEAT.
“Meat”• 2A. “Meat” can also refer to the
essence of an argument or a work.• EX: The MEAT of his argument
against capital punishment is the irreversible death of potentially innocent people.
• EX: While the movie had plenty of explosions, there just wasn’t any MEAT to the plot.
“Mete”• 3. “Mete” means to distribute by
portion; to allot; it is usually followed by the word “out.”
• EX: The Supreme Court does not METE out justice; they simply decide constitutionality.
• EX: God will METE out time as she sees fit; it’s not for you to know her plan.