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Word: Measure
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English (as a noun in the senses ‘moderation’, ‘instrument for measuring’, ‘unit of capacity’): from Old French mesure, from Latin mensura, from mens- ‘measured’, from the verb metiri
ˈmɛʒə
ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units
Short Definition:determine size or amount
Examples:- the amount of water collected is measured in pints
assess the importance, effect, or value of (something)
Short Definition:judge importance or effect of
Examples:- it is hard to measure teaching ability
travel over (a certain distance or area)
Short Definition:travel over certain distance
Examples:- we must measure twenty miles today
Word: Measure
Speech Type: Noun
ˈmɛʒə
a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose
Short Definition:plan or course of action
Examples:- cost-cutting measures
- children were evacuated as a precautionary measure
a standard unit used to express the size, amount, or degree of something
Short Definition:unit of size or degree
Examples:- a furlong is an obsolete measure of length
- tables of weights and measures
a certain quantity or degree of something
Short Definition:quantity or degree of something
Examples:- the states retain a large measure of independence
the rhythm of a piece of poetry or a piece of music.
Short Definition:rhythm of poetry or music
a group of rock strata.
Short Definition:rock strata
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