Met
proper nounnountop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈmɛt//
The London Underground Metropolitan line.
proper noun
- 1
The London Underground Metropolitan line.
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historicalThe Metropolitan Railway.
- 3
The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS).
The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over its handling of the investigation. […] The Met said it had informed its own Directorate of Professional Standards and a "mandatory referral will be made to the IOPC in relation to the initial contact from the woman's friend".
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, though Jung and Freud’s boat ride through the Tunnel of Love seems to be a Doctorowian flight of fancy.
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The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.
Etymology
Clipping of metropolitan.
noun
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informalA Metropolitan line train.
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A player for the New York Mets.
Forms
- plural
- Mets