mete in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for mete in the English»French Dictionary

mete [Brit miːt, Am mit] VB trans

I.mete out VB [Brit miːt -, Am mit -] (mete [sth] out, mete out [sth])

mete out punishment, ill treatment

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mete out reward, favour

accorder

mete out justice

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Translations for mete in the French»English Dictionary

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mesurer la nourriture à qn

to mete out food stingily to sb

mete in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for mete in the English»French Dictionary

mete out VB trans

mete out

infliger

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The common man also says that he can take actions for the sufferings meted out to people from other communities too.

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Although only the north face and portions of the south face survive, one may still perceive the heavy atmosphere of the punishments meted out here.

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The resistance was finally broken by meting out collective punishments on villages.

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Stealing this tent was a most grievous crime and the punishment was meted out in the extreme.

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However, the subsequent governments were also accused of not meting out the justice.

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The death penalty was meted out in numerous cases in this court.

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Participants in a study were more likely to mete out punishment, even at their own expense, when they were punishing specific, identifiable individuals (perpetrators).

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Punitive measures against anti-competitive practices are meted out in terms of percentages of revenues of a company.

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The dealer then collects all cards into a nice little stack, does a few overhand cuts, then metes out the hands in packets of 5.

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Although they could withstand whatever punishment the coastal artillery of the day could mete out, their offensive capabilities were severely restricted.

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