meet

Naija

Alternative forms

• invite 0.74 417, greet 0.71 161, visit 0.64 1045, baptize 0.60 468, welcome 0.59 300, rush 0.59 236, pick 0.58 252, travel 0.58 914, leave 0.57 1444

Etymology

Borrowed from English meet

Pronunciation

• mit

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 66
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 198
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1391
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 274

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

meet: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. obj (frequency:320)

   Meet who?  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__142, meet who ?)

   Meet Samantha.  — (bbc__66731, __no translation__)

2. mark-obj (frequency:50)

   Even if na to meet alfa make e pray.  — (NST_cleaned__667, __no translation__)

   E good to meet you, e good to meet you.  — (BEN_28_Radio-Drama-Flirting_DG__282, It's good to meet you, it's good to meet you.)

3. - (frequency:46)

   We go go meet am.  — (ENU_16_Fishfarm_DG__91, We will go and meet him.)

   We go go meet am by twelve today?  — (IBA_11_Student-Wahala_DG__123, We will go and meet him by 12noon today ?)

4. obl:arg (frequency:21)

   The two group come meet for temple.  — (jw__24985, __no translation__)

   Just try, try, just try let's, just let's meet in my place.  — (JOS_39_Driver-Lady_M__41, Just try...try... just try let's...let's just meet in my place.)

5. aux-obj (frequency:14)

   people go come dey meet you aunty.  — (deuber__4479, __no translation__)

   Na this position make am fit meet Pilate.  — (jw__34821, __no translation__)

6. nsubj (frequency:11)

   Ask her how de meet.  — (JOS_23_Wedding_DG__13, Ask him how they met.)

   The people we meet go fit serve God,  — (jw__35629, __no translation__)

7. mark (frequency:7)

   Make ends for meet, make family for not cry.  — (WAZA_02_Tripleas-Life-Story_DG__88, To make ends meat so that our family will not cry.)

   Anthony tell BBC Pidgin say di bail condition dey hard one kain for families of di boys to meet.  — (bbc__15871, __no translation__)

8. conj-obj (frequency:7)

   Dem carry dem meet Jesus and e cure dem.  — (jw__12696, __no translation__)

   One rich young man run come meet Jesus and kneel down for im front.  — (jw__20725, __no translation__)

9. cc-obj (frequency:5)

   Di double Olympic champion cross di finish line for new world leading time and meet record of one minute 54.98 seconds.  — (bbc__34168, __no translation__)

   E join dis group, AVEN project team wey dey online space, and pipo fit find more about asexuality and meet pipo wey dey call demself asexual for di site.  — (bbc__12387, __no translation__)

10. aux (frequency:3)

    No be today leaders of di two kontris don dey meet  — (bbc__75066, __no translation__)

    Dis na di first time wey AU and EU dey do meeting, before-before na EU and some African countries dey meet.  — (bbc__41315, __no translation__)

11. advmod (frequency:3)

    For four hundred, no be book I wan carry go house go meet my mama now.  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__25, At level four hundred, it's not books I want to take home to meet my mom.)

    “Na this my friend I come dey go meet anytime wey I no understand why person do something.  — (jw__975, __no translation__)

12. dep-obj (frequency:3)

    Dem go carry una go meet king and governor because of my name.  — (jw__49273, __no translation__)

    As Martha hear sey Jesus dey come, e go meet Jesus for outside the city.  — (jw__20302, __no translation__)

13. dep-mark (frequency:3)

    See c ouples wey meet for inside set of where dem dey act film  — (bbc__87433, __no translation__)

    Dem no be di only people wey meet for inside film come fall in love for real life.  — (bbc__29345, __no translation__)

14. ccomp (frequency:2)

    Sudan arrest opposition leaders afta dem meet wit Ethiopia leader African Union don suspend Sudan AU don give Sudan military final warning  — (bbc__92514, __no translation__)

    Di Prime Minister office say ministers go meet to activate Article 155 of di constitution, wey go allow dem begin dey run everything for di region.  — (bbc__32329, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• invite 0.74 417, greet 0.71 161, visit 0.64 1045, baptize 0.60 468, welcome 0.59 300, rush 0.59 236, pick 0.58 252, travel 0.58 914, leave 0.57 1444

Antonyms

• invite 0.74 417, greet 0.71 161, visit 0.64 1045, baptize 0.60 468, welcome 0.59 300, rush 0.59 236, pick 0.58 252, travel 0.58 914, leave 0.57 1444

Translations

• English: no definition