measure
nounid
3234·updated May 9, 2026verified
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.
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Metric72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- amountbarbeatbillcadencecriterionmeasurementmeasuringmeasuring rodmeasuring stickmensurationmetermetrequantitystandardsteptouchstone
- alternatephrasing
- Measure
- plural
- measures
- possessive
- measure's
- pluralpossessive
- measures'
Framework definitions
- §1
- 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.
- §1
- A plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose.
- §1
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- §2
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- §3
- the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
- §4
- a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
- §5
- measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals
- §6
- a statute in draft before it becomes law
- §7
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- §8
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- §9
- a basis for comparison
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