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measure

noun US /ˈmeʒər/

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,839 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,862 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal also: step the situation called for strong measuresthe police took steps to reduce crime
  2. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify also: quantity, amount
  3. a statute in draft before it becomes law also: bill they held a public hearing on the bill
  4. the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule also: measurement, measuring, mensuration the measurements were carefully donehis mental measurings proved remarkably accurate
  5. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated also: standard, criterion, touchstone the schools comply with federal standardsthey set the measure for all subsequent work
  6. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse also: meter, metre, beat, cadence

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

measure in real books

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  • Bill looked at 'em, and 'is face got as long as a yard measure.

    Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1

  • I, was in some measure settled, before the captain who took me up departed from the Brazils.

    The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1

  • Mlle. Gilberte, better than almost any other young girl, could understand the extreme measure resorted to by M. de Tregars.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • Mr. Burton, still propping him up, trod a measure with fewer steps, and cast uneasy glances up the lonely road.

    Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1

  • She took out a little pile of onions in a measure, and said to Vrouw Van der Kloot, "Is that ten?"

    The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1

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