Sekirov Dictionary

measure

UK /ˈmɛʒ.ə/US /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ/

verb9

  1. to find out exactly how big, long or heavy something is by checking it against a fixed unit
  2. To estimate the unit size of something.
  3. To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement).
  4. To judge, value, or appraise.
  5. To adjust by a rule or standard.
  6. To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.
  7. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
  8. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.
  9. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

noun23

  1. The act or result of measuring.
  2. A course of action.
  3. [in the plural] Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
  4. A piece of legislation.
  5. An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
  6. A standard against which something can be judged; a way of measuring it; a criterion for it.
  7. The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
  8. The act or process of measuring.
  9. Any of various standard units of capacity.
  10. A unit of measurement.
  11. A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
  12. A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
  13. 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.
  14. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
  15. Metrical rhythm.
  16. The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
  17. A prescribed quantity or extent.
  18. 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
  19. A bed or stratum.
  20. (no longer used) A dance.
  21. (no longer used) Moderation, temperance.
  22. (no longer used) A melody.
  23. (no longer used) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
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Phrases with measure

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