отмерить

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

от- (ot-) + ме́рить (méritʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐtˈmʲerʲɪtʲ]

Verb

отме́рить • (otméritʹ) pf (imperfective отмеря́ть or отме́ривать)

  1. to measure, to measure off, to mete out
    семь раз отме́рь, оди́н отре́жьsemʹ raz otmérʹ, odín otréžʹlook before you leap; better safe than sorry
  2. (colloquial) to cover (walk, drive, etc.) a distance
  3. (colloquial) to dole out, to give out (in small portions)

Conjugation

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