Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
A composition in metrical form; a versification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A metrication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: metrication
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
noun
writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writing, authorship, composition, penning
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
