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meting

meting is the present participle and gerund of mete.

Meaning of mete

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, usually) To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
    • Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
      Unequal laws unto a savage race1833, Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses

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Noun

meting (plural metings)

  1. The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out.
    • We are far more apt to yawn than to weep as we make our way through this series of loosely connected incidents, of unmotivated actions, of contrived metings-out of justice.1964, William K. Bottorff, Twayne's United States Authors Series, volume 56, page 72

Forms of meting

pluralmetings

Phrases with meting

Questions about meting

What does meting mean?
Meting means the act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out.
What is meting the present participle and gerund of?
Meting is the present participle and gerund of mete.
What part of speech is meting?
Meting is a noun.
What is the plural of meting?
The plural of meting is metings.

Words near meting in the dictionary

  1. metikal
  2. metikals
  3. metildigoxin
  4. metinfraepisterna
  5. metinfraepisternum
  6. meting
  7. meting out
  8. metings
  9. metipranolol
  10. metiram
  11. metirosine

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