mete

tr.v., met·ed, met·ing, metes.

1. To distribute by or as if by measure; allot: mete out justice.
2. Archaic. To measure.

[Middle English meten, from Old English metan.]

mete² (mēt)
n.
A boundary line; a limit.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin mēta, turning post, boundary.]

verb

1. To set aside or distribute as a share. admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, give, lot, measure out. See collect/distribute.
2. To ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of: gauge, measure. Idioms: take the measure of. See big/small/amount.

IN BRIEF: n. - A line that indicates a boundary.

Tutor's tip: Our coach would "mete" (apportion) out the "meat" (the edible part of animals) at our meals before a track "meet" (sporting competition) to ensure we didn't gain weight.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - udmåle, tildele

2.
n. - grænse, grænsesten

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitmeten, grens (m.n. juridisch)

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - infliger, donner, décerner (une récompense), rendre (justice)

2.
n. - limite, ligne frontalière

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - (zu)messen

2.
n. - Grenzstein

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαμοιράζω
n. - όριο, σύνορο

Italiano (Italian)
misurare, pietra di confine, misura

Português (Portuguese)
v. - repartir
n. - limite (m)

Русский (Russian)
граница, мера, определять, измерять

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - mensurar, medir

2.
n. - frontera, límite, ámbito

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utmäta, tilldela
n. - gräns

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 分配, 给予

2. 边界, 界标

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 邊界, 界標

2.
v. tr. - 分配, 給予

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 배당하다, 측정하다

2.
n. - 경계

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 割り当てる, 配分する, 測定する
n. - 境

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعطي مكافأة (الاسم) قياس, , وزن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקציב, חילק, מדד (ספרותית)‬
n. - ‮גבול, אבן גבול‬

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