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- [meed]
- /mid/
- /miːd/
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- [meed]
- /mid/
Definitions of meed word
- noun meed a reward or recompense. 1
- noun meed A deserved share or reward. 1
- noun meed a recompense; reward 0
- noun meed a merited recompense or reward 0
- noun meed a bribe 0
- noun meed merit; worth 0
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Origin of meed
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English mede, Old English mēd; cognate with German Miete hire; akin to Old English meord, Gothic mizdō, Greek misthós reward
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Parts of speech for Meed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
meed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for meed
noun meed
- right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- guerdon — a reward, recompense, or requital.
- merit — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
adv meed
- amends — recompense or compensation given or gained for some injury, insult, etc
- atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- payback — the period of time required to recoup a capital investment.
- quid pro quo — something that is given or taken in return for something else.
- reciprocity — a reciprocal state or relation.
adverb meed
- equally — In the same manner.
Antonyms for meed
noun meed
- award — An award is a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing something well.
- reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- forgiveness — act of forgiving; state of being forgiven.
- pardon — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- penalty — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
verb meed
- get hold of — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- scare up — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- dig up — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- pass the hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
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