MEASURE

/ˈmɛʒə/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 11

Definition

  1. verb determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of. — synonyms: mensurate, measure_out
  2. verb express as a number or measure or quantity. — synonyms: quantify
  3. verb have certain dimensions.
  4. verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of. — synonyms: evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
  5. noun any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal. — synonyms: step
  6. noun how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. — synonyms: quantity, amount
  7. noun a statute in draft before it becomes law. — synonyms: bill
  8. noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule. — synonyms: measurement, measuring, mensuration
  9. noun a basis for comparison. — synonyms: standard, criterion, touchstone
  10. noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse. — synonyms: meter, metre, beat, cadence
  11. noun musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats. — synonyms: bar
  12. noun measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals. — synonyms: measuring_stick, measuring_rod
  13. noun a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance.

Examples

  • “We measured the temperature with a thermometer.   You should measure the angle with a spirit level.”
  • “The window measured two square feet.”
  • “I measure that at 10 centimetres.”

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