1. “Meet” 1. “Meet” can be used as a verb, usually indicating a sort of coming together or joining or encountering. EX: “We will MEET in the place where there is no darkness.” EX: I could not MEET her eyes after lying to her.

2. “Meet” 1A. “Meet” can also be a noun, referring to a sporting event for track or swimming. EX: Sami cried when his father didn’t make the track MEET during which Sami set a world record.

3. “Meat” 2. “Meat” is a noun, usually referring to the edible flesh of a mammal or of a fruit or nut; EX: The male lion takes the “Lion’s share,” the best part, of the MEAT after a kill. EX: The bird dropped the nut from 400 feet up onto a rock to crack the shell and get at the MEAT.

4. “Meat” 2A. “Meat” can also refer to the essence of an argument or a work. EX: The MEAT of his argument against capital punishment is the irreversible death of potentially innocent people. EX: While the movie had plenty of explosions, there just wasn’t any MEAT to the plot.

5. “Mete” 3. “Mete” means to distribute by portion; to allot; it is usually followed by the word “out.” EX: The Supreme Court does not METE out justice; they simply decide constitutionality. EX: God will METE out time as she sees fit; it’s not for you to know her plan.