English Explanatory Dictionary

measure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A prescribed quantity or extent.
  2. Moderation, temperance.
  3. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
  4. An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
  5. The act or result of measuring.
  6. A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
  7. A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
  8. Any of various standard units of capacity.
  9. A unit of measurement.
  10. The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
  11. The act or process of measuring.
  12. A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
verb
  1. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
  2. To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
  3. To estimate the unit size of something.
  4. To judge, value, or appraise.
  5. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
  6. To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
  7. To adjust by a rule or standard.
  8. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.
  9. To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛʒ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-measure.wav /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ/ en-us-measure.ogg /ˈmeɪ.ʒɚ/ /ˈmɪ.ʒɚ/ /ˈmeʒ.ə/ /ˈmeɪ.ʒə/ /ˈmɛ.ʃər/ /ˈmɛ.(d)ʒər/ /ˈmɛʃ.ʊɹ/

Word forms

measure measures measuring measured

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

metric bar take

Derived words

above measure beyond measure biomeasure bushel measure butter measure by any measure countermeasure dry measure fluid measure for good measure gentleman's measure half measure half-measure hypermeasure in a measure in equal measure in no small measure last full measure liquid measure long measure made-to-measure man is the measure of all things measurebate measure for measure measureless measure of central tendency measure of location measure stick measure word poulter's measure premeasure short measure strike measure struck measure tape measure the measure of a man time-bound measure tread a measure unit of measure weight measure weights and measures Winchester measure commeasure immeasurate measurage dick-measuring contest measurable measurement measure off measure one's length measure out measurer measure strength measure swords measure swords with measure swords with someone measure the drapes measure twice and cut once measure up measuring cup

Translations

Belarusian: ме́ра Bulgarian: мя́рка Bulgarian: разме́р Bulgarian: теглилка Bulgarian: линийка Bulgarian: ролетка Bulgarian: аршин Finnish: mitta Finnish: koko Finnish: mittaus Finnish: mittaaminen Finnish: mittaustulos Finnish: mittatikku Finnish: mittanauha Finnish: mittari Finnish: viivoitin Finnish: lainsäädäntötoimenpide Russian: ме́ра Russian: измере́ние Russian: заме́р Tocharian B: yarm Ukrainian: мі́ра Ukrainian: вимі́рювання Azerbaijani: ölçülmə Bashkir: үлсәү Catalan: mesura Chinese Mandarin: 測量 /测量 Dutch: meten Dutch: meting Dutch: regel Dutch: meetlat Dutch: lat Dutch: liniaal Estonian: mõõtmine German: Messung Italian: misurazione Italian: misura Italian: righello Italian: regolo Japanese: 測定 Japanese: 計量 Korean: 측정 Korean: 계량 Central Kurdish: پێواندن Latvian: mērīšana Malagasy: refy Old English: ġemet Persian: اندازهگیری Persian: سنجش Persian: خطکش Polish: pomiar Polish: miarka Portuguese: medição Portuguese: medidor Romanian: măsurare Romanian: riglă Romanian: linie Spanish: medición Spanish: regla Swedish: mätning Hebrew: סרגל Irish: miosúr Latin: pertica Latin: decempeda Māori: rūri Scottish Gaelic: tomhas
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