measure

nouns

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

"the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"

measure, step

how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

amount, measure, quantity

a statute in draft before it becomes law

"they held a public hearing on the bill"

bill, measure

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

"the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"

measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

"the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"

criterion, measure, standard, touchstone

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"

bar, measure

measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

measure, measuring rod, measuring stick

a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

measure

is a type of (narrower)

any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

container

verbs

determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

"Measure the length of the wall"

measure, measure out, mensurate

is derived from

is derived from

is derived from

is derived from

express as a number or measure or quantity

"Can you quantify your results?"

measure, quantify

is derived from

measurable

is derived from

measurement

have certain dimensions

"This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"

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