mete
pronunciation
How to pronounce mete in British English:
UK [mi:t]
How to pronounce mete in American English:
US [mit]
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- Noun:
- a line that indicates a boundary
Word Origin
- mete
- mete: see meet
- mete (v.)
- "to allot," Old English metan "to measure, mete out; compare, estimate" (class V strong verb; past tense mæt, past participle meten), from Proto-Germanic *metan (cognates: Old Saxon metan, Old Frisian, Old Norse meta, Dutch meten, Old High German mezzan, German messen, Gothic mitan "to measure"), from PIE *med- "to take appropriate measures" (see medical). Used now only with out. Related: Meted; meting.
- mete (n.)
- "boundary," now only in phrase metes and bounds, late 15c., from Old French mete "limit, bounds, frontier," from Latin meta "goal, boundary, post, pillar."
Example
- 1. Nevertheless the state is expected to soon mete out its brand of justice against mr. wang too .
- 2. The satellite data archive system of national satellite mete .
- 3. Th what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you again .
- 4. He provided detailed plans for how it would provide healthcare , pave roads and reorganize schools , and how it would mete out justice .
- 5. Foreign firms feel obliged to use contractors like mr zhang to cope with capricious and corrupt local officials , and the arbitrary justice they mete out .