Meaning

5 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A device that measures things.

  2. A device that measures things.

    (countable, uncountable)A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.

    gas meter

  3. (countable, dated, uncountable)One who metes or measures.

    a labouring coal-meter

    Messgerät

    счётчикsčótčik, измери́тельizmerítelʹ

    лічи́льникličýlʹnyk, вимі́рникvymírnyk, вимі́рювачvymírjuvač

  4. (US, countable, uncountable)A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A poem.

    Versmaß, Metrum, Silbenmaß

    разме́рrazmér, ритмritm

More definitions
  • any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
  • rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
  • (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

Examples

325 sentences

  1. It is thirty meters in length.

    Є 30 метрів завдовжки.

    ruЕго длина - тридцать метров.

    deEs ist 30 Meter lang.

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  2. A meter is one hundred centimeters.

    Метр — це сто сантиметрів.

    ruМетр - это сто сантиметров.

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  3. The bridge is thirty meters in width.

    Ширина мосту — 30 метрів.

    ruШирина моста — 30 метров.

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  4. Please read the numbers on the meter.

    Будь ласка, прочитайте показники лічильника.

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  5. Have you ever seen a shark over three meters long?

    Ти коли-небудь бачив акулу довжиною більше трьох метрів?

    ruТы когда-нибудь видел акулу длиной больше трёх метров?

    deHast du schon einmal einen über drei Meter langen Hai gesehen?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
measuring instrument:
Русский
By meaning 2
measuring instrument:
rhythm of poetry:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
measuring instrument:
rhythm of poetry:

Origin

From Middle English metere (“one who measures, measurer”), perhaps (with change in suffix)

From Middle English metere (“one who measures, measurer”), perhaps (with change in suffix) from Old English metend (“one who measures or metes”), equivalent to mete (“to measure”) + -er. The transference from "person who measures" to "device that measures" was probably assisted by association with -meter, as in barometer, etc.

From Middle English meter, metre, from Old English meter and Old French metre; both from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

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Forms

plural: meters
Singularmeter
Pluralmeters

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration:metretime
  • (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse:metremeasurebeatcadence
  • the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards):metrem

Word family

65 related words
Relatedmetstermetricmetrical
Derivedanglemetercoal-metercover meterdigital meterdrift meterdry meterelectricity meterelectric meterenergy meterexposure meterflowmetergas meterglossmetergravity meterlight metermeterablemeteragemeter attendantmeterfulmeter maidmetermanmeter stampparking meterpaymeter

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • three meters
  • is three meters
  • meters deep
  • thirty meters
  • parking meter
  • two meters
  • meters long

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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