metre

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

noun the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
noun rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.

This metre is sometimes denominated sing-song. — The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue, Percival Leigh
And first from the origin of metre. — Biographia Literaria, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
He couldn’t get the metre quite right. — Unnatural death, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers

meter, m

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