dual meet

noun

plural dual meets
chiefly US : a sports competition involving two teams compare tri-meet, quad meet

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Though the Bruins narrowly defeated the Spartans at a dual meet in January, the two powerhouses will clash again at the Big Ten Championships. Caroline Price, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Shawsheen is 15-0 in dual meets and won the Salem Blue Devil Classic, the Wilmington Sons of Italy Tournament, the Sanford Maine Tournament, and nabbed a third-place finish at the prestigious George Bossi Lowell Holidays. Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2024 Livermore, a junior, got pins in matches against Granada and De La Salle at the North Coast Section dual meet and helped the Lions win the NCS dual meet title for the first time since 2009. Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025 Serratos, who is ranked No. 2 in the Southern Section at 120 pounds, improved to 30-7 as Santa Ana claimed its first dual meet title. Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dual meet

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dual meet was in 1889

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“Dual meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dual%20meet. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.

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