meet

知り合う

初めて人に会って話すこと。

やさしい英語で： To see and speak to someone for the first time.

• I want to meet your sister.
• We met at a party last year.
• Have you met our new teacher?

よく使う表現： meet someone, first meet someone

集まる、会う

人々が互いに会ったり話したりするために集まること。

やさしい英語で： If people do this, they come together to see or talk to each other.

• Our friends meet every Friday.
• The club met in the library.
• Where do you usually meet?

使い方： meet to do something (The members meet to discuss local problems.)

類義語： get together, gather

よく使う表現： meet together, meet regularly, meet for lunch

待ち合わせる、会う

前もって決めた時間や場所で人に会うこと。

やさしい英語で： To come together with someone at an agreed time or place.

• Meet me at the gate.
• We met for lunch yesterday.
• Can you meet us at six?

使い方： meet someone at a place (I will meet you at the entrance.); meet someone for something (We met for coffee after work.)

類義語： get together with

よく使う表現： meet someone, meet at noon, meet for coffee

出会う、ばったり会う

会う予定のなかった人に、偶然会うこと。

やさしい英語で： To see someone unexpectedly, without planning to see them.

• I met Tom in the street.
• She met an old friend while shopping.
• You never know whom you might meet here.

類義語： encounter, run into

よく使う表現： meet someone unexpectedly, happen to meet

競技会

陸上や水泳などのスポーツで競い合う催し。

やさしい英語で： An event where people compete in sports such as running or swimming.

• Our team won the swim meet.
• Several schools entered the track meet.
• The next meet takes place on Saturday.

類義語： competition

よく使う表現： track meet, swim meet, athletics meet

集まり、会合

人々が、しばしば事前に予定を立てて集まる機会。

やさしい英語で： An occasion when people get together, often after making plans.

• We arranged a meet for Sunday.
• The club holds monthly meets.
• Is the meet still happening tonight?

類義語： meeting, get-together

よく使う表現： arrange a meet, club meet