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Measure

noun

1.

Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal. Synonym: step. "The police took steps to reduce crime"

2.

How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. Synonyms: amount, quantity.

3.

A statute in draft before it becomes law. Synonym: bill.

4.

The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule. Synonyms: measurement, measuring, mensuration. "His mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"

5.

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated. Synonyms: criterion, standard, touchstone. "They set the measure for all subsequent work"

6.

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse. Synonyms: beat, cadence, meter, metre.

7.

Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats. Synonym: bar.

8.

Measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements. Synonyms: measuring rod, measuring stick.

9.

A container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance.

verb

(past & past part. measured; pres. part. measuring)

1.

Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of. Synonyms: measure out, mensurate.

2.

Express as a number or measure or quantity. Synonym: quantify.

3.

Have certain dimensions.

4.

Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of. Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, value. "Access all the factors when taking a risk"

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"Measure" Quotes from Famous Books

... equals in rank, were yet far his inferiors in courage, hardihood, and military talents. Such discords, and particularly those betwixt Richard and Philip of France, created disputes and obstacles which impeded every active measure proposed by the heroic though impetuous Richard, while the ranks of the Crusaders were daily thinned, not only by the desertion of individuals, but of entire bands, headed by their respective feudal leaders, who withdrew from a contest in which they had ceased ...

— The Talisman • Sir Walter Scott

... through the night, and here he had blown away the snow from the moss; here two bucks had fought; and here one of them had been started by a hunter, and had bounded away with leaps that it was a marvel to measure. ...

— Love's Pilgrimage • Upton Sinclair

... responsibility as proclaimed and enforced by the precepts of the Christian-Jewish religion and by the English Common Law. It is upon this foundation that they built their success. Upon this same basis their descendants and successors to-day weigh, measure and estimate that which is new in thought or invention whether "native" or "foreign-born." And they have weighed Socialism in this American ...

— Socialism and American ideals • William Starr Myers

... question to ask, in the first place," he said; "and a measure of necessary precaution to suggest, in the second. If you will honor me with your attention, I will put the ...

— Armadale • Wilkie Collins

... so kind that Hanlon found a measure of comfort in the looks and attitude of the officer before him, now suddenly not a dread ogre, and martinet, but a kindly, fatherly, ...

— Man of Many Minds • E. Everett Evans

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