measure




measure - noun

  • any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
  • how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
  • a statute in draft before it becomes law
  • the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
  • a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
  • (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
  • measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
  • a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

  • measure - verb

    measure - thesaurus

    amount   appraise   assess   bar   beat   bill   cadence   criterion   evaluate   measurement   measuring   mensurate   mensuration   meter American English spelling   metre British English spelling   quantify   quantity   standard   step   touchstone   valuate   value