measure
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛʒ.ə/
The English word “measure” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- Moderation, temperance.
- A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
- An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
- A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
- A standard against which something can be judged; a way of measuring it; a criterion for it.
- Any of various standard units of capacity.
- A unit of measurement.
- The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
- The act or process of measuring.
- A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
- A bed or stratum.
- A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
- 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
- A melody.
- A dance.
- The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
- 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.
- Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
- A piece of legislation.
verb
- To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
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.
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