What METRO means
An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).
That is the short version. Read on for how to say METRO, how to use it, and a quick way to make it stick.
METRO at a glance
- Word: METRO
- Part of speech: noun
- Pronunciation: /ˈmɛˌtroʊ/
- Meaning: An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).
- Example: In Paris the subway system is called the ‘metro’ and in London it is called the ‘tube’ or the ‘underground’.
Keep this box in view while you read the rest of the page. A short summary like this is often enough for a quick lookup, and the sections below are for when you want the meaning to actually stay with you.
How to say METRO
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛˌtroʊ/
Part of speech: noun
Say METRO out loud a few times. Hearing your own voice say a new word is one of the fastest ways to remember both its sound and its meaning. Try saying it slowly first, then at normal speed, then inside a full sentence. If a part of the pronunciation trips you up, slow down on that part alone before putting the whole word back together.
METRO in a sentence
In Paris the subway system is called the ‘metro’ and in London it is called the ‘tube’ or the ‘underground’.
Notice how METRO fits into that sentence as noun. Try swapping in your own subject and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it does, you have understood the meaning of METRO, not just memorized it.
Ways to remember METRO
A new word sticks better when you do something with it, not just read it.
Say it, then use it. Repeat METRO once, then build one sentence of your own with it today.
Connect it to something you know. Think of a moment from your own week where METRO could apply, even loosely.
Spell it out. Cover the word, spell METRO from memory, then check. This catches the letters your eyes skipped over the first time.
Come back tomorrow. A word reviewed a day later is far more likely to stay than one read once and left.
Notice it in the wild. Once you know METRO, you will start spotting it in things you read. Each time you notice it, the meaning gets a little more solid.
Play a board with METRO
A definition is easier to keep once you have used the word under a little pressure. Try today's word game, or search for more words like METRO with the word finder. Missed a word along the way? The vocabulary quiz is a quick way to check what stuck, and missed words come back around for review instead of disappearing.
For teachers and parents
This page works well as a quick reference before a lesson or a homework check. Look up a word, read the definition and example together, then ask the student to build a new sentence with it. A student who can use METRO correctly in a sentence they made up has learned it. One who can only repeat the definition back has not, yet.
A quick classroom routine: put METRO on the board, cover the definition, and ask the class to guess the meaning from the example sentence alone. Reveal the real definition after a few guesses. It takes a minute and gets students reasoning about context clues instead of just memorizing.
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The letters in METRO
- Length: 5 letters
- Vowels: 2 (E, O)
- Different letters: 5, all different
- First letter: M, last letter: O
Words built from the same letters
- FORTE: An asset of special worth or utility.
- MERIT: Any admirable quality or attribute.
- METER: Measure with a meter.
- MOTOR: A nonspecific agent that imparts motion.
- OVERT: Open and observable; not secret or hidden.
- RETRO: Affecting things past.
- STORE: A supply of something available for future use.
- STORM: Take by force.