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measure

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To ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.

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A plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose.

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how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

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any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

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the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

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a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

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measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals

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a statute in draft before it becomes law

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musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

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(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

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a basis for comparison

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Measure
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measures
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