Meaning

1 senses

  1. To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out.

    verteilen, austeilen, zumessen

    раздаватьrazdavatʹ

More definitions
  • administer or bestow, as in small portions

Examples

4 sentences

  1. My teacher meted out physical punishment to his pupils.

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  2. The court has the power to mete out sentences.

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  3. It's punishment meted out on the basis of skin color.

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  4. Tom was unprepared for the scathing criticism meted out to him by his boss.

    deTom war nicht vorbereitet auf die scharfe Kritik, die sein Chef an ihm übte. — Tickler

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to distribute something in portions:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to distribute something in portions:

Forms

metes out, meting out, meted out, meted out
Base formmete out · to mete out
3rd person singularmetes out
Present participlemeting out
Past simplemeted out
Past participlemeted out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymete out
he, she, itmetes out

Past simpleLesson

all personsmeted out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave meted out
he, she, ithas meted out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mete out

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
metaphysicalmetaphysicsmetemeteormeteoritemeteorologicalC2
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