metric

noun/ˈmɛtrɪk/

Frequency rank: #4,902 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a standard of measurement used to evaluate or track performance.

Illustration for the English word “metric”

Example sentence

The most important metric for measuring a website's success is the number of returning visitors.

Synonyms & related words

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