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Definition of mete verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mete

verb
 
/miːt/
 
/miːt/
Word OriginOld English metan ‘measure’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meten and German messen ‘to measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin meditari ‘meditate’ and Greek medesthai ‘care for’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mete
 
/miːt/
 
/miːt/
he / she / it metes
 
/miːts/
 
/miːts/
past simple meted
 
/ˈmiːtɪd/
 
/ˈmiːtɪd/
past participle meted
 
/ˈmiːtɪd/
 
/ˈmiːtɪd/
-ing form meting
 
/ˈmiːtɪŋ/
 
/ˈmiːtɪŋ/
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