B1nounUK spelling: metrescienceacademic
US/ˈmiː.tər/
UK/ˈmiː.tə/
a unit of length equal to 100 centimeters
In context
The pool is fifty meters long and two meters deep.
She won the race in the hundred meters at the national games.
Please stay at least one meter away from other people in line.
Words that go with meter
adjective + noun
- square meterThe apartment is sixty square meters.
- cubic meterThe tank holds ten cubic meters of water.
noun + preposition
- meters awayThe shop is only fifty meters away.
- meters longThe boat is twelve meters long.
- per meterCloth costs five dollars per meter.
noun + noun
- hundred metersHe ran the hundred meters in under eleven seconds.
Common mistakes
Incorrect:
The room is five meter wide.Correct: The room is five meters wide.