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long meter

long meter noun: a hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic tetrameter, usually having rhyme in the second and fourth lines.

Noun

long meter (uncountable)

  1. A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic tetrameter, usually having rhyme in the second and fourth lines.
    • The hymn tune “Old 100th” is written in long meter.
    Synonyms:
    long measure

Synonyms of long meter

Forms of long meter

alternative formlong metre

Questions about long meter

What does long meter mean?
Long meter means a hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic tetrameter, usually having rhyme in the second and fourth lines.
What part of speech is long meter?
Long meter is a noun.

Words near long meter in the dictionary

  1. Long Marton
  2. long measure
  3. Long Melford
  4. long memories
  5. long memory
  6. long meter
  7. long meters
  8. long mode
  9. long night moon
  10. long night moons
  11. long nine

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