how to pronounce meter

/ˈmiː.təɹ/

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meter is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of meter in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… far cleverer people the meter to predict …”

meanings of meter

noun:

A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
(music) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
A device that measures things.
One who metes or measures.
The rhythm pattern in a poem.
A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
A poem.

verb:

To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
To measure with a metering device.

meter frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word meter occurs in english on average 4.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.