plural of meet
"The annual meeting meets next Tuesday at noon."
In plain English: In this context, meets is not a noun but a verb meaning to come together with someone or something.
"He has a meeting with his boss at ten o'clock."
Usage: As a noun, meets refers to competitive athletic contests or events where participants gather to compete in specific sports like track and field. Use this term when describing the schedule or results of these organized competitions rather than for general social gatherings.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of meet
"She meets her friends for coffee every Saturday morning."
In plain English: To meet means to come together with someone or something at a specific place or time.
"She meets her friends for coffee every morning."
Usage: Use "meets" to describe when a third-person subject physically encounters someone or something arrives at a scheduled time. Ensure the subject is singular and in the present tense, such as "The train meets the schedule."
Forming a combination or nexus of.
"The old oak tree meets the rusted fence in a tangled embrace at the edge of the forest."
Derived from Old English mĕtan, this verb originally meant to encounter or come into contact with someone or something. It retains that core sense of arrival or intersection in modern usage.