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- [mee-tij]
- /ˈmi tɪdʒ/
- /mˌetədʒˈe/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mee-tij]
- /ˈmi tɪdʒ/
Definitions of metage word
- noun metage the official measurement of contents or weight. 1
- noun metage the charge for such measurement. 1
- noun metage The official weighing of loads of coal, grain, or other material. 1
- noun metage the official measuring of weight or contents 0
- noun metage a charge for this 0
- noun metage official measurement of contents or weight of coal, grain, etc. 0
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Origin of metage
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; mete1 + -age
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Parts of speech for Metage
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
metage popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for metage
noun metage
- weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- density — Density is the extent to which something is filled or covered with people or things.
- analysis — Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
- height — extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet.
- amount — The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
Antonyms for metage
noun metage
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- thinness — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- estimate — Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
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