metre

UK ( US meter)

/ˈmiːtər/ noun

Translation

LENGTH [C] ( written abbreviation m) › a unit for measuring length, equal to 100 centimetres

metre, 100 cm'ye eşit uzunluk ölçüm birimi

Our bedroom is five metres wide. She finished third in the women's 400 metres (= running race).2391401

POEMS [C, U] › a pattern of rhythm in poetry

vezin

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(Definition of metre noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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