Results for measure

Definitions of measure:

part of speech: verb transitive

To find out the extent, size, or volume of; mark out; confine within a limit; give out by a rule; estimate; determine by rule or standard; regulate.

part of speech: adjective

Measurable.

part of speech: noun

That by which extent is ascertained or expressed: the extent of anything: a rule by which anything is adjusted: proportion: a stated quantity: degree: extent: moderation: means to an end: metre: musical time.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To take dimensions; extend or be of a given length.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To have a certain extent: to be equal or uniform.

part of speech: noun

The standard by which the volume or extent of anything is compared; as, the light given by a candle is the measure by which the power of other light is calculated; size or quantity, determined by the rule or standard; hence, standard of judgment, criticism, etc.; extent, or length, breadth, and thickness of a thing; proportion; a divisor leaving no remainder; as, five is a common measure of ten and fifteen; an instrument or vessel for finding length, quantity, etc.; as, a yard or a quart measure; a system of fixing quantities; as, dry measure, a system of fixing quantities; as, dry measure, etc.; musical time; meter in poetry; a law or a legislative bill; method or step; as, to take measures to accomplish a purpose.

part of speech: noun

The whole extent or dimensions of a thing; the unit or standard by which the extent or volume of anything is ascertained; in arith., a division that leaves no remainder; settled or stated quantity; limit; degree; allotment; moderation; metre in poetry; movement regulated by the time of music; stately dance; the division of the time by which the air and motion of music are regulated; any act by which a final object or end may be attained, as a legislative measure; in plu., means to an end; proceedings; in geol., beds or strata.

part of speech: verb transitive

To ascertain the dimensions of: to adjust: to mark out: to allot.

part of speech: verb

To compute or ascertain the extent, size, or capacity of anything by means of a certain unit or standard; to judge of quantity, extent, or greatness; to proportion; to be of a certain extent.

part of speech: adverb

MEASURABLY.

Usage examples for measure:

• All that you say is, in a measure true, he said in a low tone; yet do not send me away from you! "A Monk of Cruta", E. Phillips Oppenheim

• Now she had given, she would give with both hands- beyond measure beyond! "Beyond", John Galsworthy

• I shall never live to see carried out the glory of this measure to which I have devoted the best years of my existence. "The Fixed Period", Anthony Trollope

• Surprised beyond measure Eben hurried forward until he reached the prostrate woman. "Jess of the Rebel Trail", H. A. Cody