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Word: Metre
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: from French mètre, from Greek metron ‘measure’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmiːtə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the SI base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches), first introduced as a unit of length in the metric system
Short Definition:SI base unit of length
Examples:- sit two metres away from the TV screen
- the wall was less than a metre high
Variant Forms:
- meter
- m
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