Metre can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| metre - To put into metrical form. | ||
Noun |
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| metre - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | ||
| metre - the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) | ||
| metre - rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
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| 1. | noun | A metre is 100 centimetres. | |
| 2. | noun | The power delivered by a one square metre solar panel is approximately one watt. Therefore it is currently difficult to harvest solar energy on a grand scale. | |
| 3. | noun | All trees and shrubs must be trimmed so that their branches are no closer than one metre from a power line. | |
| 4. | noun | The polar caps partially melted and the sea level rose about a metre, so that more than a billion people on coastal areas had to be evacuated. | |
| 5. | noun | The one hundred metre run starts at two in the afternoon. | |
| 6. | noun | A British-Australian couple fell to their deaths in Portugal after trying to take a selfie from a 30 metre high wall overlooking the beach. | |
| 7. | noun | The table is a metre wide. | |
| 8. | noun | A metre is a hundred centimetres. | |
| 9. | noun | The chest is almost a metre wide. | |
| 10. | noun | Mary felt safe in crossing the frozen pond because the ice was a metre thick. | |
| 11. | noun | A metre is a basic unit of measurement. |
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| noun | |
| A metre is 100 centimetres. | |
| The power delivered by a one square metre solar panel is approximately one watt. Therefore it is currently difficult to harvest solar energy on a grand scale. | |
| All trees and shrubs must be trimmed so that their branches are no closer than one metre from a power line. | |
| The polar caps partially melted and the sea level rose about a metre, so that more than a billion people on coastal areas had to be evacuated. | |
| The one hundred metre run starts at two in the afternoon. | |
| A British-Australian couple fell to their deaths in Portugal after trying to take a selfie from a 30 metre high wall overlooking the beach. | |
| The table is a metre wide. | |
| A metre is a hundred centimetres. | |
| The chest is almost a metre wide. | |
| Mary felt safe in crossing the frozen pond because the ice was a metre thick. | |
| A metre is a basic unit of measurement. | |