meter
noun /ˈmiːtə(r)/
/ˈmiːtər/
- (especially in compounds) a device that measures and records the amount of electricity, gas, water, etc. that you have used or the time and distance you have travelled, etc.
- A man came to read the gas meter.
- The cab driver left the meter running while he waited for us.
- Installing a smart meter will allow you to see how much water you are using in real time.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electricity
- gas
- …
- read
- check
- feed
- …
- run
- tick
- reader
- reading
- maid
- …
- (also parking meter)a machine next to the road that you put money into when you park your car next to itOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- electric
- electricity
- gas
- …
- read
- check
- feed
- …
- run
- tick
- reader
- reading
- maid
- …
- -meter(in compounds) a device for measuring the thing mentioned
- speedometer
- altimeter
- calorimeter
- (US English) (British English metre)(abbreviation m)[countable] a unit for measuring length; a hundred centimetres
- a 50-meter swimming pool
- an athlete running at 10 meters per second
- (US English) (British English metre)(abbreviation m)[countable, uncountable] used in the name of races
- Who holds the record in the 100 meters?
- (US English) (British English metre)[uncountable, countable] the arrangement of strong and weak stresses in lines of poetry that produces the rhythm; a particular example of this
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Middle English (in the sense ‘person who measures’): from mete + -er. The current sense dates from the 19th cent.