To meet a requirement is to satisfy something that has been demanded of you. The form asks for two years of residency and you have three.
Same satisfying meet as in meet a deadline, and the phrase belongs to forms, regulations and job adverts. It is nearly always plural in the wild — meet the requirements — because rules come in lists. Fall short of is the failure, and fulfil is the formal swap. Answer a requirement is not English, though a great many learners try it.
1phrasemeet a requirementTo satisfy what is demanded.
“To qualify you must meet a requirement about residency.”
synonyms: fulfil the criteria
meet a requirement is an act of satisfying a rule.
Practised in Common Word Pairs