meted out

meted out
doled out; apportioned

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  • meted out — adjective given out in portions (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑apportioned, ↑dealt out, ↑doled out, ↑parceled out • Similar to: ↑distributed …   Useful english dictionary

  • apportioned dealt out doled out meted out parceled out — distributed distributed adj. 1. spread from a central location to multiple points or recipients. Opposite of {concentrated}. [Narrower terms: {apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out}; {diffuse, diffused}; {dispensed};… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • meted out his punishment — assigned his penalty, declared his punishment …   English contemporary dictionary

  • meted — miːt n. limit; boundary; setting of a boundary v. divide and give out, budget, allot …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mete out — verb administer or bestow, as in small portions administer critical remarks to everyone present dole out some money shell out pocket money for the children deal a blow to someone the machine dispenses soft drinks • Syn: ↑distribute, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • mete out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms mete out : present tense I/you/we/they mete out he/she/it metes out present participle meting out past tense meted out past participle meted out formal to give a punishment to someone The same treatment should …   English dictionary

  • mete out — PHRASAL VERB To mete out a punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way. [FORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] His father meted out punishment with a slipper. [V ed] ...the two year sentence meted out to a convicted child… …   English dictionary

  • mete something out (to somebody) — ˌmete sthˈout (to sb) derived (formal) to give sb a punishment; to make sb suffer bad treatment • Severe penalties were meted out by the court. • the violence meted out to the prisoners Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • divided divided up shared shared out on the basis of a plan or purpose — distributed distributed adj. 1. spread from a central location to multiple points or recipients. Opposite of {concentrated}. [Narrower terms: {apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out}; {diffuse, diffused}; {dispensed};… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dealt out — adjective given out in portions • Syn: ↑apportioned, ↑doled out, ↑meted out, ↑parceled out • Similar to: ↑distributed …   Useful english dictionary

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