meter

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A device that measures things.
2. (countable, uncountable) A device that measures things.
3. (countable, dated, uncountable) One who metes or measures.
4. (US, countable, uncountable) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

Verb

1. To measure with a metering device.
2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

Synonyms

metre

gauge

measure

metre

rhythm

counter

m

Ⓜ️

scale

gage

beat

time

⌚

measurement

instrument

cadence

indicator

knife

🔪

label

🏷️

list

mark

measurement device

measure out

measurer

measuring device

measuring instrument

mensuration

musical time

numerator

pentameter

postmark

pulse

register

rice

🍚

rubberstamp

schedule

stamp

step

stigmatise

stigmatize

table

tableau

teller

timepiece

verse

versification

watch

⌚

take measures

weight

metrical unit

metre-rule

-meter

Translations

mètre

metro

metro

Meter

μέτρο

meter

compteur

metro

متر

metre

contatore

μετρητής

Messinstrument

Messgerät

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmitəɹ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: metan

In summary

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.
Cognate with Scots mettar, metter (“meter, measurer”), Saterland Frisian Meter, Meeter (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), West Frisian mjitter (“measurer”), Dutch meter (“measurer, gauge”), German Low German Meter (“measuring device, gauge”), German Messer (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), Swedish mätare (“measurer”).

Sentences

Read just what the meter says .