2020-11-04 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด M - meet & meet with & meet up with

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2020-11-04

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด M - meet & meet with & meet up with

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง meet = ‘MEET’

ออกเสียง meet with

meet up with

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

meet

join: the roads meet here; become acquainted with: I’d like you to meet my friend.

Not to be confused with:

meat – food; the flesh of animals; edible part of anything: the meat of a walnut; the essential part: the meat of the matter

mete – deal; measure; dole: to mete out punishment

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for meet

Adjective

FIT, SUITABLE, MEET, PROPER, APPROPRIATE, FITTING, APT, HAPPY, FELICITOUS

mean right with respect to some end, need, use, or circumstance.

FIT stresses adaptability and sometimes special readiness for use or action. fit for battle

SUITABLE implies an answering to requirements or demands. clothes suitable for camping

MEET suggests a just proportioning. meet payment

PROPER suggests a suitability through essential nature or accordance with custom. proper acknowledgement

APPROPRIATE implies eminent or distinctive fitness. an appropriate gift

FITTING implies harmony of mood or tone. a fitting end

APT connotes a fitness marked by nicety and discrimination.

apt quotations

HAPPY suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate.

a happy choice of words

FELICITOUS suggests an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful. a felicitous phrase

Collins COBUILD English Usage

meet

Meet is usually a verb. Its past tense and -ed participle is met.

When you meet someone, you are in the same place and you start talking to each other.

I met a Swedish girl on the train.

I have never met his wife before.

When you intend to meet someone, you can say that you meet, meet with, or meet up with them.

This is an opportunity for parents to meet their child's teachers.

She's meeting up with some of her friends on Saturday to go shopping.

Meet with is especially common in AmericanEnglish.

We can meet with the professor Monday night.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

meet & meet with& meet up with

In the sense of “to come into the company of,”

Meet and meet with have differentmeaning:

“The mayor wishes to meet the new members of the council.”

“The mayor wishes to meet with the new members of the council.”

In the first sentence, meet means “to make the acquaintance of”;

In the second, “to join the company of.”

Both meet and meet with can mean“to come across,” “to encounter”:

“I rarely meet her on the street since her illness.”

“My plan will meet with considerable opposition.”

Meet with (not meet) is used in the sense of “to suffer,” “to undergo,” and “to experience”:

“Betty met with a serious accident.”

This meet up with wordy, nonstandard expression.

“I met up with some girls on the beach”

is better expressed by

“I met some girls on the beach” or “I encountered some ……”