Synonyms for metre
ˈmi tərme·tre

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1. meter, metre, mnoun

   the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

   Synonyms:
   time, one thousand, meter, beat, yard, cadence, m, molarity, mebibyte, measure, thou, megabyte, grand, molar concentration, thousand, chiliad

2. meter, metre, measure, beat, cadencenoun

   (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

   Synonyms:
   measure, standard, time, pulse, meter, quantity, beat, amount, mensuration, measuring, criterion, musical rhythm, m, round, pulsation, step, bill, rhythm, measurement, bar, beatnik, heartbeat, cadency, cadence, measuring rod, touchstone, measuring stick

3. meter, metre, timenoun

   rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

   Synonyms:
   measure, meter, clip, m, cadence, sentence, prison term, fourth dimension, beat, time, clock time

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1. metrenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Written also meter.] measure (of verse), rhythmical arrangement (of syllables), poetical measure

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1. List of paraphrases for "metre":

   metres, metro, meter, meters, m, feet, yards, cube

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1. Yubaraj Khadka:

   There was no one-metre distancing. That’s what I wanted to show, even at the factory, after the first few months (of infections in Malaysia), the social distancing markers were thrown out.

2. Alexander Pama:

   We will possibly raise a public storm alert in the capital Manila and suspend sea travel and fishing due to storm surge and up to 4-metre high waves at the open sea.

3. Zora Bots:

   The robot itself is a metre 20 high, so it is not like Arnold Schwarzenegger with a leather jacket and an 'I will be back' robot, it is a quite nice robot and the reactions are positive for the moment.

4. The American:

   Not having a power metre meant I didn't look down at the numbers and think, 'Hey back it off'. It was just full gas from the beginning and I managed to pull it off.

5. Martin Garside:

   It is incredibly sad - I was literally two feet from this dead whale, it was both poignant and a bit eerie really - road traffic was thundering overhead on the busiest motorway in Britain and oblivious to all the people in the cars and lorries there was a 10-metre long beautiful whale floating dead beneath them.

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