{
    "term": "meter",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a device that measures and records the amount of electricity, gas, water, etc. that you have used or the time and distance you have travelled, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A man came to read the gas meter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cab driver left the meter running while he waited for us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Installing a **smart meter** will allow you to see how much water you are using in real time."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["electric", "electricity", "gas"],
                "verb + meter": ["read", "check", "feed"],
                "meter + verb": ["run", "tick"],
                "meter + noun": ["reader", "reading", "maid"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a machine next to the road that you put money into when you park your car next to it",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["electric", "electricity", "gas"],
                "verb + meter": ["read", "check", "feed"],
                "meter + verb": ["run", "tick"],
                "meter + noun": ["reader", "reading", "maid"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a device for measuring the thing mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "speedometer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "altimeter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "calorimeter"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a unit for measuring length; a hundred centimetres",
            "labels": "(US English)British English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a 50-meter swimming pool"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an athlete running at 10 meters per second"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used in the name of races",
            "labels": "(US English)British English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who holds the record in the 100 meters?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the arrangement of strong and weak stresses in lines of poetry that produces the rhythm; a particular example of this",
            "labels": "(US English)British English",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːtə(r)/",
                "audio": "me/meter/meter__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːtər/",
                "audio": "me/meter/meter__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 2 Middle English (in the sense ‘person who measures’): from mete + -er. The current sense dates from the 19th cent."
}