measure
Definition of measure:
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: noun
That by which extent is ascertained or expressed: the extent of anything: a rule by which anything is adjusted: proportion: a stated quantity: degree: extent: moderation: means to an end: metre: musical time.
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part of speech: noun
The whole extent or dimensions of a thing; the unit or standard by which the extent or volume of anything is ascertained; in arith., a division that leaves no remainder; settled or stated quantity; limit; degree; allotment; moderation; metre in poetry; movement regulated by the time of music; stately dance; the division of the time by which the air and motion of music are regulated; any act by which a final object or end may be attained, as a legislative measure; in plu., means to an end; proceedings; in geol., beds or strata.
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part of speech: verb
To ascertain the dimensions of: to adjust: to mark out: to allot.
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part of speech: verb
To compute or ascertain the extent, size, or capacity of anything by means of a certain unit or standard; to judge of quantity, extent, or greatness; to proportion; to be of a certain extent.
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part of speech: adverb
MEASURABLY.
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Common misspellings:
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- mesur (0.5%)
- measue (5.1%)
- meaure (7.9%)
- mesure (33.8%)
- measurse (0.3%)
- meassure (10.5%)
- measuer (2.0%)
- measuere (0.5%)
- messure (16.6%)
- masure (3.8%)
- massure (0.8%)
- messures (1.3%)
- measeure (0.5%)
- measur (1.5%)
- measrue (0.5%)
- mearsure (1.5%)
- meausure (1.0%)
- mesaure (3.6%)
- meausre (5.9%)
- gauge (1.3%)
- meazure (0.5%)
- neosure (0.5%)
Usage examples for measure:
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There is no happiness in happiness itself, unless it help our comprehension of the rest, unless it help us in some measure to conceive that the very universe itself must rejoice in existence.
"Wisdom and Destiny" – Maurice Maeterlinck -
Being astonished beyond measure at what he had heard, he sat and pondered the subject for some minutes.
"Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World" – James Cowan -
Every one was in some measure conscious of this danger and glad when the wedding day approached.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane" – Amelia E. Barr
