verb
1. express in the metric system
• Syn: ↑metricize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. convert from a non-metric to the metric system
• Derivationally related forms: ↑metrication (for: ↑metricate)
• Hypernyms: ↑convert, ↑change over
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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metˈricize or metˈricise /-sīz/ transitive verb
To analyse the metre of
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Main Entry: ↑metre
Useful english dictionary. 2012.