meter
verb/ˈmiːtə(r)/
/ˈmiːtər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they meter | /ˈmiːtə(r)/ /ˈmiːtər/ |
| he / she / it meters | /ˈmiːtəz/ /ˈmiːtərz/ |
| past simple metered | /ˈmiːtəd/ /ˈmiːtərd/ |
| past participle metered | /ˈmiːtəd/ /ˈmiːtərd/ |
| -ing form metering | /ˈmiːtərɪŋ/ /ˈmiːtərɪŋ/ |
- meter something to measure something (for example how much gas, electricity, etc. has been used) using a meterWord Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘person who measures’): from mete + -er. The current sense dates from the 19th cent.
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