measure
verb
[ ˈmɛʒə ]
• ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units.
• "the amount of water collected is measured in pints"
Similar:
take the measurements of,
calculate,
compute,
estimate,
count,
meter,
quantify,
weigh,
size,
evaluate,
rate,
assess,
appraise,
gauge,
plumb,
measure out,
determine,
judge,
survey,
• assess the importance, effect, or value of (something).
• "it is hard to measure teaching ability"
• travel over (a certain distance or area).
• "we must measure twenty miles today"
measure
noun
• a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose.
• "cost-cutting measures"
Similar:
action,
act,
course,
course of action,
deed,
proceeding,
procedure,
step,
means,
expedient,
manoeuvre,
initiative,
programme,
operation,
control,
legal action,
• a standard unit used to express the size, amount, or degree of something.
• "a furlong is an obsolete measure of length"
• a certain quantity or degree of something.
• "the states retain a large measure of independence"
• the rhythm of a piece of poetry or a piece of music.
• a group of rock strata.
Origin:
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 .
