meter
A device that measures thingsA device that measures things.
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» It is thirty meters in length.
Es ist 30 Meter lang. — Wolf
Es hat eine Länge von dreißig Metern. — Tamy
Его длина - тридцать метров. — Iolanda
Є 30 метрів завдовжки. — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)A device that measures things.
A device that measures things.
(countable, uncountable)A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
gas meter
(countable, dated, uncountable)One who metes or measures.
a labouring coal-meter
Messgerät
счётчикsčótčik, измери́тельizmerítelʹ
лічи́льникličýlʹnyk, вимі́рникvymírnyk, вимі́рювачvymírjuvač
(US, countable, uncountable)A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A poem.
Versmaß, Metrum, Silbenmaß
разме́рrazmér, ритмritm
- 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 sentencesIt is thirty meters in length.
Є 30 метрів завдовжки. — aandrusiak
ruЕго длина - тридцать метров. — Iolanda
deEs ist 30 Meter lang. — Wolf
A meter is one hundred centimeters.
Метр — це сто сантиметрів. — deniko
ruМетр - это сто сантиметров. — BW
The bridge is thirty meters in width.
Ширина мосту — 30 метрів. — Teashrock
ruШирина моста — 30 метров. — nanbanjin
Please read the numbers on the meter.
Будь ласка, прочитайте показники лічильника. — aandrusiak
Have you ever seen a shark over three meters long?
Ти коли-небудь бачив акулу довжиною більше трьох метрів? — vintrakato
ruТы когда-нибудь видел акулу длиной больше трёх метров? — marafon
deHast du schon einmal einen über drei Meter langen Hai gesehen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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By meaning 2
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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: metersSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
64 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
7 patterns- three meters
- is three meters
- meters deep
- thirty meters
- parking meter
- two meters
- meters long
See also
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