measure

noun

A prescribed quantity or extent.

A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)

An (unspecified) portion or quantity.

The act or result of measuring.

(now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.

A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.

Any of various standard units of capacity.

A unit of measurement.

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)

A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.

(geology) A bed or stratum.

(mathematics, measure theory) A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Metrical rhythm.

(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.

(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.

A course of action.

(in the plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.

A piece of legislation.

(obsolete) Moderation, temperance.

(now rare) The act or process of measuring.

(mathematics, now rare) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.

(now archaic) A melody.

(now archaic) A dance.

verb

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

(stative) To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)

To estimate the unit size of something.

To judge, value, or appraise.

To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.

To adjust by a rule or standard.

(often with out or off) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.

(transitive) To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.

(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

Roots

metiormeasur- · Latin · measure

Synonyms for measure

measurementn quantifyv mensurationn assessv metern valuatev evaluatev gaugen appraisev tripodyadj quantityn measurern yardstickn billn amountn decastere

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