measure

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'mεʒə/
• SAMPA: /"mEZ@/

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• Hyphenation: meas‧ure

Verb

Plain form measure

Third-person singular measures

Past tense measured

Past participle measured

Present participle measuring

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you measure something, you calculate its size, mass, temperature, etc. using units like centimetres, kilograms, degrees, etc.

   Before clocks, time was measured by the movement of the moon and the sun.

   Ireland's smallest church measures 3.6 cm by 1.8 m.

Synonyms

• assess

See also

• measure up

Noun

Singular measure

Plural measures

1. A measure is something that you do, usually to solve a problem.

   The police are taking all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of people.

2. (formal) A measure of something is a way to judge or assess it.
3. A measure of something is an amount of it.

Synonyms

• step
• unit