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nouna statute in draft before it becomes law
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nounhow much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantifytype of:
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"they set the measure for all subsequent work"nouna basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
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"the situation called for strong measures"nounany maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
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verbdetermine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
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"the measurements were carefully done"nounthe act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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verbexpress as a number or measure or quantity
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noun(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of versetype of:
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nounmeasuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
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nounmusical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
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verbevaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance oftype of:
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nouna container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substancetype of:
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"This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"verbhave certain dimensionstype of:
Definition that contains measure
- time measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- shoot measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- running measured lengthwise
- sound measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- step measure (distances) by pacing
- security measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.
- clock measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- scale measure by or as if by a scale
- scale measure with or as if with scales
- pace measure (distances) by pacing