i møde

Danish

Adverb

i møde

1. moving towards something or someone that is moving towards oneself; moving so as to minimize the time until union
   • 2016, Birgit Sparre, Møde med kærligheden, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Birthe ville komme ham i møde i fejende silke, med det røde hår skinnende som kobber.

     Birthe would come to meet him in sweeping silk, with her red hair shining like copper.

   • 1872, Copenhagen, 1872. Forhandlingerne ved det tredie skandinaviske nationaløkonomiske Møde i Kjøbenhavn, 1872, udgivne af D. Dessau, page 15:

     ... vi føle, at Tiden, hvori vi leve, har Krav paa, at vi gaa Fremtiden rask i Møde, ...

     ... we feel that the time in which we live demands that we walk vigorously to meet the future, [i.e., face the future head-on] ...

   • 2016, Estrid Ott, Børnene i Danmark, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     ... de sejlede Solen i Møde imod Øst, og jo hurtigere de sejlede imod den, jo kortere varede det naturligvis, inden den stod midt paa Himlen, ...

     ... they were sailing to meet the sun, towards the east, and the faster they sailed towards it, naturally, the less time it took before it was in the middle of the sky, ...

   • 2017, Kate Hewitt, Carol Marinelli, Nina Harrington, Ferie ved havet / Tvivlsomme hensigter / Den hjemvendte sejler, Förlaget Harlequin AB, →ISBN:

     ... en pæn kvinde i en lang uldfrakke gik ned ad bådebroen til briggen, og drengen styrtede af dækket for at løbe hende i møde.

     ... a handsome/well-dressed woman in a long woolen coat walked down the pier to the brig, and the boy leaped off the deck to run to meet her.

   • 2014, Anne-Marie Donslund, Kirsten Sonne Harild, De første piger på månen, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Lugten fra aftensmaden flyder mig i møde i en tyk bølge, da jeg når halvvejs ned ad gangen i retning mod restauranten ...

     The smell from supper floats to meet me in a thick wave, as I reach halfway down the corridor in the direction of the restaurant ...

   • 1963, Tage Skou-Hansen, Den moderne roman:

     ... de er tværtimod et produkt af den traditionelle tilværelse, som går sin undergang i møde.

     ... on the contrary, they are a product of the traditional existence, which is walking to meet its demise.