m
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
How often you will meet it
Rank 449 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 45,392 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.022% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) also: meter, metre
- concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution also: molarity, molar concentration
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 also: thousand, one thousand, 1000, K, chiliad, G
- a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes also: megabyte, MB
- a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes also: megabyte, mebibyte, MB, MiB
- the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
adjective
- denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units also: thousand, one thousand, 1000, k
m in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Arrived at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands at 2 a.m.
From John O'Groats to Land's End · John Anderton Naylor · Chapter 1
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And then, “Do you know M. Vincent Favoral?” he would ask.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The child was preparing to depart when M. Daburon recalled him.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In my position I 'm bound to recognise the distress there is amongst them.
Plays : First Series · John Galsworthy · Chapter 1
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He threw two pieces of money on the table of the soldiers, who cried in chorus, "Long live M. the marquis!"
The Countess of Saint Geran Celebrated Crimes · Alexandre Dumas · Chapter 1