to meted out
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7.1
- phrasal verb
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impuesto
- After the scandal, the committee meted out strict penalties to ensure such behavior wouldn't happen again.
- meted out punishment
- meted out justice
I'm not, I'm not unique in the mistreatment or abuse that he meted out to me.
- I'm not, I'm not unique in the mistreatment or abuse that he meted out to me.
- It's very difficult to talk about Myanmar without touching upon the horrors that were meted out against the Rohingya by the military.
- But he said, I don't know that her life needed to be destroyed over this because the the the punishment that got meted out was just determined by the raw.
Examples
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Following the investigation, fines were meted out to several companies for violating safety regulations.
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When punishments are not properly meted out, the people will not know how to conduct themselves.
Blog text (1) -
However, the treatment they meted out served no larger moral purpose.
Academic text (2009) -
Justice is rarely meted out equally to the rich and poor.
Blog text (21) -
Other times they are meted out in carefully prescribed ways.
Academic text (1994) -
If the consequences are not meted out, the student learns that the behavior can be repeated without consequence.
Blog text (13) -
Israel has every right to take action against the relentless terror meted out to its civilian population.
Blog text (21) -
Achan's entire household suffered the punishments meted out to him.
Academic text (2004) -
To date, the sentence represents the most severe penalty meted out to a U.S. citizen in President George W. Bush's global war on terror.
Academic text (2007) -
The judge decided that community service would be the punishment meted out to the offender.
Synonyms
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3.0
Divided into parts and given to people, usually equally
Divided and given out to people or groups according to a plan
Given out in measured amounts by a person who gives medicine
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
mete + out
The meaning 'distributed or given out (especially as punishment)' is directly derivable from combining 'mete' (to allocate or dole out) with the particle 'out' which signals distribution/completion. Although 'mete' is somewhat formal/less frequent, the verb+particle composition follows a standard, transparent pattern so a learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Meted out comes from the idea of meted meaning 'measured' and out meaning 'given away'. Imagine someone using a scoop or stick to measure and hand out equal pieces, so meted out means 'to give' something in set amounts or 'to punish' someone officially.