Measure
['meʒə] or ['mɛʒɚ]
Definition
(noun.) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify.
(noun.) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; 'the situation called for strong measures'; 'the police took steps to reduce crime'.
(noun.) a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance.
(noun.) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; 'the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song'.
(verb.) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; 'Measure the length of the wall'.
(verb.) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; 'I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional'; 'access all the factors when taking a risk'.
(verb.) have certain dimensions; 'This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches'.
Edited by Lenore--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
(n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
(n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
(n.) The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
(n.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
(n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
(n.) The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
(n.) Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
(n.) Regulated division of movement
(n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.
(n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
(n.) The space between two bars.
(a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
(a.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.
(a.) A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
(a.) The act of measuring; measurement.
(a.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
(n.) To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
(n.) To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
(n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
(n.) To adjust by a rule or standard.
(n.) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.
(v. i.) To make a measurement or measurements.
(v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
(v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.
Edited by Alexander
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Standard (of size or of quantity).[2]. Rule, gauge.[3]. Degree, extent.[4]. Metre.
v. a. [1]. Mete.[2]. Estimate, appraise, judge of.[3]. Adjust, proportion, gauge.[4]. Distribute, allot, apportion, mete out.
Typist: Morton
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DIMENSION]
SYN:Mete, estimate, gauge, value, appraise
ANT:Misfit, misconform, mismeasure, misdeal, misapportion
Checked by Claudia
Definition
n. that by which extent is ascertained or expressed: the size of anything: a rule or standard by which anything is adjusted (Apothecaries' Cubic Decimal Dry Liquid &c.): (politics) a proposal or plan by which some end can be brought about: proportion: a stated quantity: degree: extent: moderation: means to an end: metre: (mus.) that division of time containing a specified number of beats by which the air and motion of music are regulated: rate of movement time rhythm metre arrangement of syllables in poetry: a slow and stately dance as the minuet: (print.) the width of a page or column usually in ems: (pl. geol.) a series of beds or strata.—v.t. to ascertain the dimensions of: to adjust by a rule or standard: to mark out: to allot: to show a certain measurement.—v.i. to be of a certain size: to be equal or uniform.—adj. Meas′urable that may be measured or computed: moderate: in small quantity or extent.—n. Meas′urableness the quality of being measurable.—adv. Meas′urably.—adjs. Meas′ured of a certain measure: equal: uniform: steady: restricted; Meas′ureless boundless: immense.—ns. Meas′urement the act of measuring: quantity found by measuring—(Measurement goods light goods carried for charges according to bulk not weight); Meas′urer one who or that which measures.—adj. Meas′uring that measures or fitted for measuring.—Measure one's length to fall or be thrown down at full length; Measure strength to engage in a contest; Measure swords to fight with swords: to try one's skill against.—Above or Beyond measure to an exceedingly great degree; In a measure to some degree.—Take measures to adopt means (to gain an end); Take one's measure to find out what one is and what he can or cannot do; Tread a measure to dance; Use hard measures to apply harsh treatment to; Within measure moderately; Without measure immoderately.
Editor: Pierre
Examples
- Sell her her waste, please, and give her good measure if you can make up your mind to do the liberal thing for once. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I signified my readiness to proceed, but our guides protested against such a measure. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- When a man cannot measure, and a great many others who cannot measure declare that he is four cubits high, can he help believing what they say? Plato. The Republic.
- A thorough, determined dislike of me--a dislike which I cannot but attribute in some measure to jealousy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The measure of our self-consciousness will more or less determine whether we are to be the victims or the masters of change. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- One good deed or one bad one is no measure of a man's character: the Last Judgment let us hope will be no series of decisions as simple as that. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The palliative measures we may pass by quickly. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There were numerous dragon flies--one found in the Belgian coal-measures had a wing span of twenty-nine inches! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He spoke of the state of England; the necessary measures to be taken to ensure its security, and confirm its prosperity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The error is in implying that we must adopt measures of subordination rather than of utilization to secure efficiency. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Yes or no, and no half measures! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In 1639 Galileo, then old and blind, dictated to his son one of his books in which he discussed the isochronal properties of oscillating bodies, and their adaptation as time measures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The colonists took counter-measures. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Rivers and pipes have their metres, so that now the velocity and volume of rivers and streams are measured and controlled, and floods prevented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In effect, the voyage of the voice across the continent is instantaneous; if its speed should be accurately measured, a fifteenth of a second would probably be nearly exact. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The speed with which sounds travels through the air, or its velocity, was first measured by noting the interval (54. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Every event was measured by the emotions of the mind, not by its actual existence, for existence it had none. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You can speak of her in that measured way, as simply a beautiful creature--only something to catch the eye. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I mean, as to the worth and value of her friend,' Mrs Lammle explained, in a measured voice, and with an emphasis on her last word. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When the gas cock is closed, the mercury stands at the same level in both arms, but when the cock is opened, the gas whose pressure is being measured forces the mercury up the opposite arm. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We treat it simply as a privation because we are measuring it by adulthood as a fixed standard. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Voltmeters (Fig. 236), or instruments for measuring voltage, are like ammeters except that a wire of very high resistance is in circuit with the movable coil. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In measuring time we cannot rely on our inward impressions; we even criticize these impressions and spe ak of time as going slowly or quickly. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The thought of our own times has not out-stripped language; a want of Plato's 'art of measuring' is the rule cause of the disproportion between them. Plato. The Republic.
- One light-measuring scale depends upon the law that the intensity of illumination decreases with the square of the distance of the object from the light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Those who spoke of justice as a cube, of virtue as an art of measuring (Prot. Plato. The Republic.
- What was needed was some device to serve as an accurate speed governor--and the attainment of this essential device is the one thing on which accurate time measuring depends. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Edited by Fergus