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Metre

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See meter.
  • noun. See meter.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See meter.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
  • verb. To put into metrical form.
  • noun. The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
  • verb. Alternative spelling of meter.
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  • noun. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • noun. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
  • noun. the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
    • Word Usage
    "In poetry we recognise at once how the obvious periodic recurrence of certain accented syllables, which we term metre, plays an important part ..."
    Form
    metric  metrology  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    metric linear unit  rhythmicity  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Demeter  Peter  beater  cheater  depleter  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accent  arithmetic  cadence  chant  couplet  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    m  
    variant
    meter  
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