dual meet

noun

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

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The Toreros have claimed the doubles point in 22 of their 27 dual meet matches this season. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026 On March 1 the following spring, Hulst won his varsity singles tennis match that afternoon and then came back to win the varsity 2-mile in a dual meet that night. — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026 Over the past two perfect seasons, only five of Stockon’s matches have gone to the third period, with Dyes (who also lost to Stockton at a dual meet last year) being two of those. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2026 Earlier this season, the Nittany Lions set a national record for consecutive dual meet victories, and now have 85. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dual meet

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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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