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See also:Mete,meté,metę,mɛtɛ,metë,andMetë

English

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WOTD – 15 September 2006

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /miːt/
Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-iːt
Homophones:meat,meet

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishmeten, fromOld Englishmetan(“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), fromProto-West Germanic*metan, fromProto-Germanic*metaną(“to measure”), fromProto-Indo-European*med-(“to measure, consider”).

Cognate withScotsmete(“to measure”),Saterland Frisianmeete(“to measure”),West Frisianmjitte(“to measure”),Dutchmeten(“to measure”),Germanmessen(“to measure”),Swedishmäta(“to measure”),Latinmodus(“limit, measure, target”),Ancient Greekμεδίμνος(medímnos,“measure, bushel”),Ancient Greekμέδεσθαι(médesthai,“care for”),Old Armenianմիտ(mit,“mind”).

Verb

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mete (third-person singular simple presentmetes,present participlemeting,simple past and past participlemeted)

(transitive, usually with “out”) Todispense,measure in order to dispense,allot (especiallypunishment, reward etc.).
- 1833,Alfred Tennyson,Ulysses:
  Match'd with an agèd wife, Imete and dole
  Unequal laws unto a savage race
- 1929,Kirby Page,Jesus Or Christianity A Study In Contrasts‎^[1], page31:
  Every generationmetes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.
- 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Matthew 7:2:
  For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure yemete, it shall be measured to you again.
- 1870sDante Gabriel Rossetti,Soothsay, lines 80-83
  the Power that fashions man
  Measured not out thy little span
  For thee to take themeting-rod
  In turn,

Derived terms

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Translations

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To measure

Bulgarian:отмервам (bg)(otmervam)
Czech:měřit (cs) impf,odměřit pf
Finnish:mitata (fi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish:pîvan (ku)
Polish:mierzyć (pl) impf,zmierzyć (pl) pf,pomierzyć (pl) pf
Spanish:medir (es)
Swedish:mäta (sv)

To dispense

Czech:přidělit pf
Finnish:jakaa (fi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish:siza dan (ku),ceza kirin (ku)
Polish:wymierzać (pl) impf,wymierzyć (pl) pf
Spanish:extender (es),dispensar (es)
Swedish:måtta (sv)

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishmete, borrowed fromOld Frenchmete(“boundary, boundary marker”), fromLatinmēta(“post, goal, marker”). Cognate with the second element inOld Englishwullmod(“distaff”).

Noun

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mete (pluralmetes)

Aboundary or other limit; a boundary-marker;mere.

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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mete (comparativemoremete,superlativemostmete)

Obsolete spelling ofmeet(“suitable, fitting”).
- 1570, Margaret Ascham,Roger Ascham,The Scholemaster, foreword:
  I could not finde any man for whose name this booke was more agreable for hope [of] protection, moremete for submission to iudgement, nor more due for respect of worthynesse of your part and thankefulnesse of my husbandes and myne.

Anagrams

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Teme,etem,meet,teem,teme

Czech

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtɛ]

Verb

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mete

third-person singular present indicative ofmést

Dutch

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Verb

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mete

(dated or formal)singular present subjunctive ofmeten

Anagrams

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meet

Estonian

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Noun

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mete

genitive plural ofmesi

Galician

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Verb

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mete

inflection ofmeter:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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FromSaint Dominican Creole Frenchmété, fromFrenchmettre.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /mete/

Verb

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mete

toput
toput on

Italian

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Noun

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mete f

plural ofmeta

Anagrams

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teme,temè,temé

Latin

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Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈme.te/,[ˈmɛt̪ɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈme.te/,[ˈmɛːt̪e]

Verb

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mete

second-person singular present active imperative ofmetō

Lithuanian

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Noun

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metè

locative singular ofmẽtas(“time”)

Noun

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mẽte

vocative singular ofmẽtas(“time”)

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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FromFrenchmettre. CompareHaitian Creolemete.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /mete/

Verb

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mete (medial formmet)

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Englishmete(“food”) (alsomet,mett, whence the forms with a short vowel). More atmeat.

Alternative forms

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mæte,meet,meete,meate,mette,met

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːt(ə)/,/ˈmɛt(ə)/

Noun

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mete (pluralmetes ormeten)

Food,nourishment orcomestibles; that which is eaten:
- c.1275,Judas (Roud 2964,Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39),folio 34, recto, lines3-4; republished atCambridge:Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
  Iudaſ þou moſt to iurſelem ouremete foꝛ to bugge / þritti platen of ſelu[er] þou bere up oþi rugge[…]
  "Judas, you must go to Jerusalem to buy ourfood; / You'll have thirty pieces of silver on your back […]
- 1485,Sir Thomas Malory, “lxj”, inLe Morte Darthur, book X:
  And thenne he blewe his horne that the maronners had yeuen hym / And whanne they within the Castel herd that horne / they put forthe many knyghtes and there they stode vpon the walles / and said with one voys / welcome be ye to this castel /[…]/ and sire Palomydes entred in to the castel / And within a whyle he was serued with many dyuersemetes
  And then he blew his horn that the mariners had given him / And when they that were within the castle heard that horn / they put forth many knights and there they stood upon walls / and said with one voice: / “be welcome to this castle” / […] / and Sir Palamedes entered into the castle / And after a while he was served with many diverse meats
1. A store orsupply offood.
2. An individual serving offood, especially when cooked.
3. Meat; the(usually cooked) flesh ofanimals as(an item of) food.
4. Food thatanimals eat(including prey or lures)
The act of dining; alunch.

FromOld Frenchmete(“boundary, mere”), fromLatinmēta. More atmete.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːt(ə)/

Noun

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mete

boundary,target,point,position

Descendants

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English:mete

Etymology 3

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FromOld Englishġemǣte(“suitable, meet”), fromProto-Germanic*mētijaz, a variant of*mētiz. More atmeet.

Alternative forms

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meete

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːt(ə)/

Adjective

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mete

suitable,fitting,appropriate
pleasing, accommodating,useful
right in shape or size, well-fitting

Descendants

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English:meet
Scots:mete,meit

Adverb

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mete

References

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The Middle English Dictionary (M.E.D.)[2]
Riverside Chaucer[3]

Old English

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Alternative forms

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met,mett,mette

Etymology

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FromProto-Germanic*matiz.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈme.te/

Noun

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mete m

food
- late 9th century,King Alfred's translation ofSaint Augustine'sSoliloquies
  Ne lyst mē nāwiht ðārametta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.
  I desire none of thosemeats which I have renounced; I desire those which I have thought right to eat, when I see them.

Declension

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Strongi-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mete	metas
accusative	mete	metas
genitive	metes	meta
dative	mete	metum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Middle English:mete,mæte,meet,meete,meate,mette,met
- English:meat
- Scots:mete,met,meit,mait
- Yola:maate,met

Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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meit,met

Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*mati.

Noun

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mete

food, especiallysustenance (as opposed to desserts, snacks, or sweets)

Descendants

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North Frisian:meet

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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(Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.t͡ʃi/

(Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.te/

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tɨ/

Rhymes:(Brazil)-ɛt͡ʃi,(Portugal)-ɛtɨ
Hyphenation:me‧te

Verb

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mete

inflection ofmeter:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Rawa

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Adjective

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mete

good

References

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Norma Toland, Donald Toland,Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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mete (Cyrillic spellingмете)

third-person singular present ofmesti

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈmete/[ˈme.t̪e]
Rhymes:-ete
Syllabification:me‧te

Verb

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mete

inflection ofmeter:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Sumerian

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Romanization

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mete

Romanization of𒋼(mete)

Swedish

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Etymology

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Frommeta(“angle for fish”).

Noun

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mete n

(fishing)angling forfish

Declension

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Declension ofmete
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mete	metes
singular	definite	metet	metets
plural	indefinite	meten	metens
plural	definite	metena	metenas

References

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Walloon

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchmetre, fromLatinmittō, mittere(“send”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /mɛt/

Verb

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mete

toput

Conjugation

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— Conjugation of the verbmete in Walloon — Codjowaedje do viebemete e walon

		singular			plural
infinitive			mete
gerund			metant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		metou		metowe
		plural		metous		metowes
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		dji (dj')	tu (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
	present	mete	metes	mete	metans	metoz	metnutor metèt
	imperfect	meteu	meteus	meteut	metins	metîz	metint
	preterit	meta	metas	meta	metîs	metîz	metît
	future	metrè	metrès	metrè	metrans	metroz	metront
	conditional	metreu	metreus	metreut	metrins	metrîz	metrint

subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	mete	metes	mete	metanxhe	metoxhe	metèxheor metnuxhe
	present	metaxhe	metaxhes	metaxhe	metinxhe	metîxhe	metinxhe

imperative		—	tu	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		mete		metans	metoz

West Makian

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Etymology

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Likely cognate withTernatemote(“to follow”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈme.t̪e/

Verb

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mete

(transitive) tofollow

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofmete (action verb)
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		temete	memete	amete
2nd person		nemete	femete
3rd person	inanimate	imete	demete
3rd person	animate	imete	demete
imperative		nemete,mete	femete,mete

References

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Clemens Voorhoeve (1982)The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

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