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Meet Pronunciation

Meet is pronounced MEET, IPA /ˈmit/.

MEET

US /ˈmit/  ·  UK /ˈmiːt/

Syllables: MEET (1 syllable)

verb: To come together with someone, by arrangement or by chance.

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Meet in a Sentence

  • Let us meet at the station entrance.
  • She will meet the new tenants on Friday.
  • They meet every second Tuesday.

Common Mispronunciations of Meet

Not MIT

Stretch the double e into a long ee, because a short i gives mitt, a kind of glove.

Not MEED

Cut the word off on a clean t. Softening it into a d gives mead, an old honey drink.

Tip: Meet and meat are homophones, and only the spelling tells them apart.

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