Meaning of むかえる in Japanese

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Definition of むかえる

  1. (v1, vt) to go out to meet

    6時にホテルに車で迎えて下さい。
    Please pick me up at the hotel at six o'clock.

  2. to receive; to welcome

    医者を迎えにやったとき彼が病気になって1週間たっていた。
    He had been ill for a week when they sent for a doctor.

  3. to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
  4. to call for; to summon; to invite

    彼をすぐに迎えてやることに決まった。
    It was decided that he should be sent for at once.

  5. to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

    よいお年をお迎えください。
    I wish you a Happy New Year.

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