Usually means: Standard unit of length measurement.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. metre: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. metre, metre: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metre, metre: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. metre: Collins English Dictionary
  5. metre: Vocabulary.com
  6. Metre, metre: Wordnik
  7. metre: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. -metre, metre: Wiktionary
  9. metre: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. metre: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. metre: Dictionary.com
  12. Metre (hymn), Metre (music), Metre (poetry), Metre, The Metre: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Metre: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. metre: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. metre: Rhymezone
  16. Metre: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. metre: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. metre: Free Dictionary
  19. metre: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. metre: Dictionary/thesaurus
  21. metre: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. -metre: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  3. METRE: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. metre: Legal dictionary
  2. metre: Financial dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. metre: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. -metre, metre: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. -metre, metre: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. METRE: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. metre: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Metre: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. metre: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Metre: Data Acquisition

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
noun:  (UK, Canada) The rhythm or measure in language (especially verse) and musical composition.
verb:  (poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
verb:  (UK, rare) Alternative spelling of meter [To measure with a metering device.]

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