measure
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈmɛʒ.ə/]
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1. measure (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A prescribed quantity or extent.: Moderation, temperance.
Example: I will correct thee in measure, and will not leaue thee altogether vnpunished.
2. measure (noun) — sense 2
Definition: A prescribed quantity or extent.: A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
Example: Mom's rage has no measure.
3. measure (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A prescribed quantity or extent.: An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
Example: It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
4. measure (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
Example: We measured the temperature with a thermometer.
5. measure (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement).
Example: The window measured two square feet.
6. measure (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To estimate the unit size of something.
Example: I measure that at 10 centimetres.
Structure of the word
Roots:- meh₁ (Proto-Indo-European)
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