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
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:
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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