metre

a unit of length equal to one hundred centimetres or approximately 39.37 inches

metro, unidad de medida

• a metre long

Collocations metre stick · measuring a metre

• The room is three metres wide.

  El cuarto tiene tres metros de ancho.

a unit of distance used in sports such as athletics and swimming

distancia en deportes, piscina

• run/swim a metre

Collocations swimming pool metre · athletics race metre

• She won the 50-metre freestyle.

  Ella ganó la prueba de 50 metros estilo libre.

a mark or line on a measuring instrument that shows the position of one metre

marca en medida, punto de referencia

• at the metre

Collocations metre mark on a ruler · measuring at the metre

• The water level is now at the one-metre mark.

  El nivel del agua está ahora en el punto de un metro.

a distance of one metre

distancia de un metro, unidad de distancia

• at a metre

Collocations distance of a metre · measuring at a metre

• The table is exactly one metre long.

  La mesa tiene exactamente un metro de largo.

(informal) a meter, as in parking meter or speedometer

medidor, instrumento de medición

• parking metre

Collocations parking metre · speedometer metre

• He put money in the parking meter.

  Él metió dinero en el parquímetro.