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measure

  • /ˈmɛʒ.ə/ UK
  • /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ/ Canada, US
  • /ˈmeɪ.ʒɚ/ US, dialectal
  • /ˈmɪ.ʒɚ/ US, dialectal
  • /ˈmeʒ.ə/ Australia
  • /ˈmeʒ.ə/ New Zealand
  • /ˈmeɪ.ʒə/ New Zealand, proscribed, regional
  • /ˈmɛʃ.ɚ/ Philippines
  • /ˈmɛʃ.ʊɹ/ Philippines

Rhymes with -ɛʒə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Old French mesurebor.

Middle English mesure

English measure

From Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measure”), mētior (“to measure”, supine stem in mēns-) + -tūra. Largely displaced native Old English metan ("to measure" whence modern mete) and ġemet (“a measure”). See also -ure.

noun measures

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable Moderation, temperance. I will correct thee in measure, and will not leaue thee altogether vnpunished.
  2. countable, uncountable A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) Mom's rage has no measure.
  3. countable, uncountable An (unspecified) portion or quantity. It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a muc
  4. countable, uncountable A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance. a measure of salt
  5. countable, uncountable A standard against which something can be judged; a way of measuring it; a criterion for it. By what measure should we judge the performance of our teachers?
  6. countable, uncountable Any of various standard units of capacity. The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.
  7. countable, uncountable A unit of measurement. The fragments shrank by increments of about three kilodaltons (a measure of molecular weight).
  8. countable, uncountable The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
  9. archaic, countable, uncountable The act or process of measuring.
  10. countable, uncountable A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
  11. countable, uncountable A bed or stratum. coal measures; lead measures
  12. archaic, countable, uncountable A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor. the greatest common measure of two or more numbers
  13. countable, uncountable 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
  14. archaic, countable, uncountable A melody.
  15. archaic, countable, uncountable A dance. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar,— / "Now tread we a measure!" said young Lochinvar.
  16. countable, uncountable The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot. a poem in iambic measure
  17. countable, uncountable 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.
  18. countable, in plural, uncountable Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. The president said the measures involve a ban on all visitors to the country via all ports of entry who aren't residents or diplomats. El Salvadorans or residents who return to El Salvador will be quarantined for 30 days..
  19. countable, uncountable A piece of legislation. The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.

verb measures · measuring · measured

  1. transitive To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard. We measured the temperature with a thermometer.
  2. stative To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement). The window measured two square feet.
  3. To estimate the unit size of something. I measure that at 10 centimetres.
  4. To judge, value, or appraise. ſince they meaſure our deſerts so meane, That in conceit beare Empires on our ſpeares, Affecting thoughts coequall with the cloudes, They ſhalbe kept our forced followers, Til with their eies they view vs Emperours.
  5. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
  6. rare To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over. A true devoted pilgrim is not weary / To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps.
  7. To adjust by a rule or standard. To secure a contented spirit, you must measure your desires by your fortune and condition, not your fortunes by your desires
  8. often To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
  9. transitive To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity. To measure one’s own activity, to make it conform to these standards of clearness, brevity and truth, is practically a very difficult matter.

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