measure
noun
1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- the situation called for strong measures
Similar word(s): step
Definition categories: act, maneuver, manoeuvre
2. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
Similar word(s): amount, quantity
Definition categories: general, abstraction
3. a statute in draft before it becomes law
Similar word(s): bill
Definition categories: communication, instrument
4. the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
- the measurements were carefully done
- his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate
Similar word(s): measurement, measuring, mensuration
Definition categories: act, activity
5. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- they set the measure for all subsequent work
Similar word(s): criterion, standard, touchstone
Definition categories: communication, metric
6. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Similar word(s): beat, cadence, meter, metre
Definition categories: communication, prosody
7. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
Similar word(s): bar
Definition categories: communication
8. measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
Definition categories: man–made
9. a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
Definition categories: man–made, container
Sentences with measure as a noun:
- a measure of salt
- Honesty is the true measure of a man.
- The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.
- the greatest common measure of two or more numbers
- coal measures; lead measures
- a poem in iambic measure
verb
1. determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
- Measure the length of the wall
Similar word(s): mensurate
Definition categories: cognition, decide, determine
2. express as a number or measure or quantity
Similar word(s): quantify
Definition categories: change, carry, convey, express
3. have certain dimensions
- This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches
Definition categories: stative, be
4. evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
Similar word(s): appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, value
Definition categories: cognition, evaluate, judge
Sentences with measure as a verb:
- We measured the temperature with a thermometer.
- I measure that at 10 centimetres.