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meted out

meted out is the simple past and past participle of mete out.

Meaning of mete out

Verb

mete out (third-person singular simple present metes out, present participle meting out, simple past and past participle meted out)

  1. (transitive) To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out.
    • He was also under scrutiny for the time line on which he meted out relationship milestones, which conveniently aligned with the show’s narrative progression.2022 June 2, Anna Peele, “Inside ‘Love Island,’ From the Tragic Suicide Deaths to New Mental Health Protocols”, in Vanity Fair

Adjective

meted out (not comparable)

  1. Doled out; apportioned.

Questions about meted out

What does meted out mean?
Meted out means doled out; apportioned.
What is meted out the simple past and past participle of?
Meted out is the simple past and past participle of mete out.
What part of speech is meted out?
Meted out is an adjective.

Words near meted out in the dictionary

  1. mete out
  2. mete-wand
  3. mete-wands
  4. metecorn
  5. meted
  6. meted out
  7. metedomidine
  8. meteg
  9. metegs
  10. metelimumab
  11. Metelne

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meted out (page history and authors); mete out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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