meter

noun/ˈmiːtər/

Frequency rank: #3,746 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A unit of length equal to about 100 centimeters; a device that measures.

Illustration for the English word “meter”

Example sentence

The runner won the hundred-meter dash in record time.

Synonyms & related words

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