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Originally Posted by adullstudent  hi.what is the difference between see and meet?
nice to see you.
nice to meet you.
thanks alot |
Sometimes, not a lot. It depends on context -
meet is often reserved for a first meeting:
Nice to meet you at last - we've been exchangng mail for years.
(but in that context, see would be OK too - if you stressed it:
Nice to see you - we've been talking to each other on the phone for years, but it's nice to be able to put a face to the name at last.
But
fancy seeing you here,
fancy meeting you here, (or
fancy bumping into you here for that matter) are more-or-less equivalent.
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