Meaning

1 senses

  1. To put into metrical form.

Examples

126 sentences

  1. The words above the door of the theatre were a metre high.

    Над входом у театр розташовувались літери метрової висоти. — rmdas

    ruНад входом в театр располагались буквы метровой высоты. — diluvian

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  2. The javelin thrower's record was 12 metres.

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  3. The tower is fifteen metres high.

    ruВысота башни составляет пятнадцать метров. — odexed

    deDer Turm ist fünfzehn Meter hoch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. The tower is fifteen metres tall.

    ruБашня пятнадцать метров высотой. — sharptoothed

    deDer Turm ist fünfzehn Meter hoch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. His car was three metres long.

    ruУ него была трёхметровая машина. — marafon

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Origin

From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, le

From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”).

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Forms

metres, metring, metred, metred
Base formmetre · to metre
3rd person singularmetres
Present participlemetring
Past simplemetred
Past participlemetred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymetre
he, she, itmetres

Past simpleLesson

all personsmetred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave metred
he, she, ithas metred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill metre

Word family

2 related words
RelatedmetricB2metronome

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
methodistmethodologyC2meticulousC2meticulouslyC2metricB2metro
metre — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto