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Mete Out

Definition: Mete Out

Mete Out

Verb

1. Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Mete Out

Synonyms: administer (v), allot (v), deal (v), deal out (v), dish out (v), dispense (v), distribute (v), dole out (v), lot (v), parcel out (v), shell out (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Mete Out

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Giving

Present, give away, dispense, dispose of; give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mete Out

SubjectTopicQuote

Children

Benin

Criminal courts mete out stiff sentences to criminals convicted of crimes against children, but many such crimes never reach the courts due to lack of education and access to the courts or fear of police involvement in the problem. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bangladesh

Fatwas commonly deal with marriage and divorce, or mete out punishments for perceived moral transgressions. (references)

Human Rights

Samoa

Villages are governed by traditional law, and the fono may mete out banishment, one of the harshest forms of punishment in this collective society. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Mete Out

Language Translations for "mete out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

раздавам (administer, administrate, allot, apportion, deal out, dispense, distribute, give away, give out, hand about, hand out, measure, parcel out, pass out), отсъждам (adjudge, adjudicate, decide, decree, determine, judge, rule, settle), предназначавам (assign, design, designate, destine, intend, mean, reserve). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vymìřit (admeasure, assess, survey), vykonat (accomplish, carry out, discharge, effectuate, execute, implement, perform, push through, render). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

απονέμω δικαιοσύνη (dispense justice). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

jutalmakat oszt szét (to mete out rewards), jutalmakat oszt ki (to mete out rewards), igazságot szolgáltat (to administer justice, to dispense, to dispense justice, to do sy justice, to mete out justice), büntetéseket szab ki (to mete out punishments). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etemay outay

   

Romanian

  

mãsura (admeasure, curb, estimate, fathom, gauge, measure, measure off, measure out, mensurate, overshoot the mark, survey), distribui (admeasure, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, give out, measure out, mete, pass out, portion, serve out, share out, spread), împãrţi (admeasure, allot, apportion, assign, branch, cast, comminute, deal, distribute, divide, dole, go snacks, impart, lay on, measure out, mete, parcel out, partake of, partition, pass out, portion, retail, section, share, slice, split). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

repartir de (assess, dish out, ladle). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

paylaştırmak (allocate, allot, apportion, distribute, portion out, serve out, sever, share out, split, split up), dağıtmak (be on the loose, bestrew, break on, crack up, deal, deal out, decompose, deliver, demount, deploy, diffuse, disband, disject, disjoint, dismantle, dispel, dispense, disperse, disrupt, dissipate, dissolve, distribute, divert, Dot, drown, fling off, hand out, issue, litter, pass out, rag, rough up, ruffle, rumple, scatter, strew, tumble). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Mete Out

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-m-o-t-t-u"

-2 letters: emote, motet, motte, totem, tutee.

-3 letters: emeu, meet, meou, mete, mote, mott, moue, mute, mutt, teem, tome, tote, tout.

-4 letters: eme, emu, met, mot, mut, out, tee, tet, toe, tom, tot, tut.

-5 letters: em, et, me, mo, mu, oe, om, to, um, ut.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-m-o-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: moquette, teetotum.

 

+2 letters: moquettes, teetotums.

 

+3 letters: outcompete.

 

+4 letters: outcompeted, outcompetes, telecommute, tempestuous, tetramerous.

 

+5 letters: accouterment, accoutrement, cementitious, deuterostome, dumortierite, erythematous, multitowered, outplacement, subcommittee, telecommuted, telecommuter, telecommutes, tellurometer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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