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mete
1[meet]
verb (used with object)
to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed byout ).
to mete out punishment.
Synonyms: , ,Archaic.to measure.
mete
2[meet]
noun
a limiting mark.
a limit or boundary.
Synonyms:
mete
1/ ː /
verb
formal(usually foll by out) to distribute or allot (something, often unpleasant)
verb
poetic(to) measure
mete
2/ ː /
noun
rarea mark, limit, or boundary (esp in the phrase metes and bounds )
Other Word Forms
- unmeted adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mete1
Origin of mete2
Word History and Origins
Origin of mete1
Origin of mete2
Example Sentences
It metes it out at a much smaller pace.
This handy online timer tool inspired by said technique will automatically mete out your work sprints and build in breaks.
It might not sound like it from the description, but as these three rather stray individuals intersect, the series metes out comedy and dysfunctional romance with a sure hand.
They started to mete out desegregation orders with teeth, requiring busing if necessary.
But country stations still retain a significant gatekeeping power, elevating favored performers and mediating the genre’s metes and bounds for audiences and the industry at large.
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