-metre British English, -meter American English /miːtə, mɪtə $ -tər/ suffix [in nouns]
part of a metre, or a number of metres:
a millimetre
a kilometer

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me‧tre S2 W3 British English, meter American English /ˈmiːtə $ -ər/ noun
[Sense 1: Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: mètre, from Greek metron 'measure']
[Sense 2: Date: 800-900; Language: Latin; Origin: metrum, from Greek metron]

1. [countable] (written abbreviation m) the basic unit for measuring length in the metric system

2. [uncountable and countable] the arrangement of sounds in poetry into patterns of strong and weak beats ⇒ rhythm

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metre
noun
 ⇒ Note at MEASURE

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