METRE


Meaning of METRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mi:tə(r) ]

( metres)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

Note: in AM, use 'meter'

1.

A metre is a metric unit of length equal to 100 centimetres.

Chris Boardman won the Olympic 4,000 metres pursuit...

The tunnel is 10 metres wide and 600 metres long.

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2.

In the study of poetry, metre is the regular and rhythmic arrangement of syllables according to particular patterns. ( TECHNICAL )

They must each compose a poem in strict alliterative metre...

All of the poems are written in traditional metres and rhyme schemes.

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