Meaning of measure in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A prescribed quantity or extent.

• The act or result of measuring.

• Metrical rhythm.

• A course of action.

verb

• 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.   You should measure the angle with a spirit level.

• To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)

  Example: The window measured two square feet.

• To estimate the unit size of something.

  Example: I measure that at 10 centimetres.

• To judge, value, or appraise.

• To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.

• To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

• To adjust by a rule or standard.

• To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.