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met • a • mor • pho • sis / meta ' morfasas /

noun [ count ]

( plural met . a . mor . pho . ses / meta 'morfasiz / ) ( formal )

( biology ) a complete change of form, as part of a body's natural development

the metamorphosis of a tadpole into a frog

met • a • phor / ' metafor / noun [ count, noncount ]

( english language arts ) a word or phrase that is used to describe something by comparing it to something else "She has a heart of stone" is a metaphor.

— Look at simile .

► met • a • phor • i • cal / meta ' forikl / adjective

metaphorical language

me • te • or / ' mitiar / noun [ count ]

a small piece of rock in space that makes a bright line in the sky when it travels near the earth

me • te • or • ol • o • gy / ,mitis ' ralsd3i / noun

[ noncount ]

( general science ) the study of weather and climate

me • ter / ' mitsr / noun [ count ]

( abbreviation m ) a measure of length. There are 100 centimeters , or around 39 inches, in a meter

The wall is eight meters long.

a machine that measures or counts something an electricity meter

meth .od О E Щ / ' me6sd/ noun [ count ]

a way of doing something

What is the best method of cooking beef?

me • thod • i • cal Iaw / ms ' 6adikl /

doing things in an organized and careful way Paul is a methodical worker.

meth • od • o • log • y Iaw / |me6s ' dalsd3i /

noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural meth od . o . log . ies )

a way of doing something that is based on particular ideas and methods

language teaching methodologies

met • ric / ' metrik / adjective

using the system of meters, grams, and liters (the metric system ) to measure things

met • ro • pol • i • tan / l metrs palstn /

adjective

connected with a large city

the Detroit metropolitan area (= the city and the area around it )

mg

abbreviation of milligram

mice

plural of mouse

mi • cro • chip / ' maikroutjip / noun [ count ]

( computers ) a very small thing inside a computer or a machine that makes it work

mi • cro • phone / ' maikrsfoun / ( also informal mike / maik / ) noun [ count ]

a piece of electrical equipment that makes sounds louder or records them so you can listen to them later

mi .cro .scope

/ maikrsskoup / noun [ count ]

( general science ) a piece of equipment with special glass in it that makes very small things look much bigger We looked at the hair under a microscope .

mi • cro • scop • ic / imaikrs ' skapik / adjective

so small that you cannot see it without a microscope microscopic organisms

mi • cro • wave / ' maikrsweiv /

( also mi . cro . wave ov . en / |maikrs weiv ' Avsn / ) noun [ count ]

a type of oven that cooks or heats food very quickly using electric waves

mi • cro • wave verb ( mi .cro waves , mi cro . wav . ing , mi . cro waved )

to cook or heat something in a microwave Prefix

mid-

( used with nouns ) in the middle of a mid afternoon snack It exploded in mid air.

the Mid west (= the northern central part of the U.S. ) the mid- eighteenth century

mid • day / mid ' dei / noun [ noncount ]

twelve o'clock in the day We met at midday .

—SYNONYM noon , Look at midnight .

mid .die Ф / 'midl/ noun [ singular ]

the part that is the same distance from the sides, edges, or ends of something

A peach has a pit in the middle .

the time after the beginning and before the end The phone rang in the middle of the night.

be in the middle of doing something

to be busy doing something

I can't talk to you now — I'm in the middle of cooking dinner.

mid • dle adjective

There are three houses, and ours is the middle one.