Turkish pronunciation
mitSynonyms
admeasure,
allocate,
allot,
allow,
apportion,
assign,
deal,
dispense,
divide,
dole,
give,
lot,
measure,
parcel,
portionPronunciation
/ˈmēt/ /ˈmiːt/
Etymology
[ 'mEt ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-Germanic *metanan (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”). Cognate with Scots mete (“to measure”), West Frisian mjitte (“to measure”), Dutch meten (“to measure”), German messen (“to measure”), Swedish mäta (“to measure”), Latin modus (“limit, measure, target”), Ancient Greek μεδίμνος (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek μέδεσθαι (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “mind”).