measure en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛʃ.ʊɹ/ (Philippines)
- /ˈmeʒ.ə/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈmɛʒ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈmeɪ.ʒɚ/ (US, dialectal)
- /ˈmɛʃ.ɚ/ (Philippines)
- /ˈmeʒ.ə/ (Australia)
- /ˈmeɪ.ʒə/ (New-Zealand, proscribed, regional)
- /ˈmɪ.ʒɚ/ (US, dialectal)
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French mesurebor. Middle English mesure English measure From Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measure”), mētior (“to measure”, supine stem in mēns-) + -tūra. Largely displaced native Old English metan ("to measure" whence modern mete) and ġemet (“a measure”). See also -ure.
Meanings
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A prescribed quantity or extent. ▸ Moderation, temperance.
I will correct thee in measure, and will not leaue thee altogether vnpunished.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 30::
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(countable, uncountable) A prescribed quantity or extent. ▸ A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
Full to the utmost measure of what bliss Human desires can seek or apprehend.
1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:They have gloried to this day, the tedious interminable big-screen replays of that golden summer irritating beyond measure.
25 August 2009, Mike Selvey, The Guardian:but there is never found a foolish man who knows the measure of his stomach
2005, J Coarguo, Hávamál: The Words of the High One a Personal Interpretation:Mom's rage has no measure.
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(countable, uncountable) A prescribed quantity or extent. ▸ An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian:
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(countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
a measure of salt
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(countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ A standard against which something can be judged; a way of measuring it; a criterion for it.
City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.
2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1-6 Man City”, in BBC Sport:Honesty is the true measure of a man.
By what measure should we judge the performance of our teachers?
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(countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ Any of various standard units of capacity.
The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.
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(countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ A unit of measurement.
The fragments shrank by increments of about three kilodaltons (a measure of molecular weight).
1993, Scientific American, February 33.3:
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(countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 11:9:
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ The act or process of measuring.
- (countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
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(countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ A bed or stratum.
For many years the coal measures on the shores of Lough Allen were worked only in the most primitive fashion, and the coal was transported laboriously in the inevitable ass carts of the Irish peasant.
1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 339:coal measures; lead measures
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
the greatest common measure of two or more numbers
- (countable, uncountable) The act or result of measuring. ▸ A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) Metrical rhythm. ▸ A melody.
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) Metrical rhythm. ▸ A dance.
He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar,— / "Now tread we a measure!" said young Lochinvar.
1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto Fifth. The Court.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza XII (Lochinvar. Lady Heron’s Song.), page 259:They danced on silently, softly. Their feet played tricks to the beat of the tireless measure, that exquisitely asinine blare which is England's punishment for having lost America.
1922, Michael Arlen, “2/2/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
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(countable, uncountable) Metrical rhythm. ▸ The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
a poem in iambic measure
- (countable, uncountable) Metrical rhythm. ▸ A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.
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(countable, in-plural, uncountable) A course of action. ▸ Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
The president said the measures involve a ban on all visitors to the country via all ports of entry who aren't residents or diplomats. El Salvadorans or residents who return to El Salvador will be quarantined for 30 days..
2020 March 12, “It's coronavirus-free, but El Salvador is banning all foreign travellers”, in The Straits Times:
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(countable, uncountable) A course of action. ▸ A piece of legislation.
The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| measures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
measure of location · gentleman's measure · liquid measure · foot measure · premeasure · in a measure · last full measure · measurage · dry measure · commeasure · measure of central tendency · Winchester measure · poulter's measure · weights and measures · measure word · hypermeasure · measure space · butter measure · long measure · measure theory · the measure of a man · time-bound measure · Mahler measure · above measure · in no small measure · strike measure · man is the measure of all things · measure stick · struck measure · beyond measure · made-to-measure · weight measure · unit of measure · measure for measure · short measure · measureless · immeasurate · half-measure · biomeasure · measurebate · tread a measure · by any measure · countermeasure · fluid measure · bushel measure · for good measure · tape measure · half measure · in equal measure
Descendants
Hyponyms
outer measure · Radon measure · Borel measure · fuzzy measure · quasimeasure · probability measure · complex measure · counting measure · complete measure · σ-finite measure · Lebesgue measure · supermeasure · semimeasure · pseudomeasure · Gibbs measure · signed measure · positive measure
Synonyms
metric · metric (unit of measurement) · bar (musical designation)
Translations (334)
ru измере́ние (act or result of measuring) · be ме́ра (unspecified portion or quantity) · cs takt (musical designation) · pl pomiar (act or result of measuring) · tg чора (action to achieve some purpose) · pt medida (size ascertained by measuring) · ro măsură (size ascertained by measuring) · ro măsură (unspecified portion or quantity) · bg преде́л (limit that cannot be exceeded) · sh mjȅra (size ascertained by measuring) · ru крите́рий (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · uz chora (action to achieve some purpose) · sc mesura (size ascertained by measuring) · be мерапрые́мства (action to achieve some purpose) · de Takt (musical designation) · ast midida (size ascertained by measuring) · nl lat (something to take measurements) · pt medida (mathematical function) · uk мі́ра (unspecified portion or quantity) · ru разме́р (size ascertained by measuring) · fi toimi (action to achieve some purpose) · la mēnsūra (size ascertained by measuring) · ru ме́ра (size ascertained by measuring) · fi mittaustulos (act or result of measuring) · hi नाप (size ascertained by measuring) · ang ġemet (size ascertained by measuring) · acw قِيَاس (size ascertained by measuring) · nl maat (size ascertained by measuring) · ro măsurare (act or result of measuring) · hi मापन (size ascertained by measuring) · sc medida (size ascertained by measuring) · bg гра́ница (limit that cannot be exceeded) · cs míra (mathematical function) · fi viivoitin (something to take measurements) · fi mitta (limit that cannot be exceeded) · ja 措置 (action to achieve some purpose) · is ráðstöfun (action to achieve some purpose) · uk мі́ра (prescribed quantity or extent) · de Messung (act or result of measuring) · he מִדָּה (mathematical function) · pt medida (unspecified portion or quantity) · oc pagèla (size ascertained by measuring) · it funzione di misura (mathematical function) · fi mitta (prescribed quantity or extent) · ru коли́чество (unspecified portion or quantity) · pt mensura (musical designation) · it misura (action to achieve some purpose) · bg арши́н (something to take measurements) · he מידה (size ascertained by measuring) · ko 측정 (act or result of measuring) · ca mesura (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · tg иқдом (action to achieve some purpose) · bg разме́р (act or result of measuring) · sh мје̏ра (action to achieve some purpose) · nl liniaal (something to take measurements) · sv mått (action to achieve some purpose) · sv måttstock (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · ltg mārs (size ascertained by measuring) · sv mått (unspecified portion or quantity) · dsb měra (size ascertained by measuring) · ko 조치 (action to achieve some purpose) · pl miara (size ascertained by measuring) · fi mitta (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · ko 계량 (act or result of measuring) · sh ме̏ра (size ascertained by measuring) · fi mittari (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · bg крите́рий (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · be ме́ра (prescribed quantity or extent) · got 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (size ascertained by measuring) · pl miara (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · is mál (size ascertained by measuring) · fur misure (size ascertained by measuring) · it misura (mathematical function) · fi mittaaminen (act or result of measuring) · he מַדָּד (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · ca mesura (size ascertained by measuring) · it misura (act or result of measuring) · bg мя́рка (receptacle or vessel of standard size) · az ölçü (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · qu tupu (size ascertained by measuring) · az ölçü (size ascertained by measuring) · sv mått (size ascertained by measuring) · lv pasākums (action to achieve some purpose) · ba үлсәү (act or result of measuring) · it righello (something to take measurements) · nb mål (size ascertained by measuring) · ga tomhas (size ascertained by measuring) · uk мі́ра (limit that cannot be exceeded) · cmn 測量 /测量 (act or result of measuring) · de Maßstab (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · ja 計量 (act or result of measuring) · be ко́лькасць (unspecified portion or quantity) · ru грани́ца (limit that cannot be exceeded) · he מִדָּה (size ascertained by measuring) · az ölçü (action to achieve some purpose) · fi mitta (any of various standard units of capacity) · fi mitta (size ascertained by measuring) · ga beartas (action to achieve some purpose) · nl meten (act or result of measuring) · ang mǣþ (size ascertained by measuring) · fi jonkin verran (unspecified portion or quantity) · tr ölçü (unspecified portion or quantity) · fi määrä (limit that cannot be exceeded) · nl hoeveelheid (unspecified portion or quantity) · uk межа́ (limit that cannot be exceeded) · la decempeda (something to take measurements) · fi mittaus (act or result of measuring) · ru ме́ра (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · pt providência (action to achieve some purpose) · eo mezuro (musical designation) · nl regel (something to take measurements) · fi runomitta (poetry: manner of ordering and combining the quantities) · nrf m'suthe (size ascertained by measuring) · cmn 措施 (action to achieve some purpose) · is mál (unspecified portion or quantity) · ro riglă (something to take measurements) · ga miosúr (unspecified portion or quantity) · ab ашəара (size ascertained by measuring) · bg мя́рка (any of various standard units of capacity) · tr önlem (action to achieve some purpose) · fi määrä (size ascertained by measuring) · gu માપ (size ascertained by measuring) · fi asteikko (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · fa-ira اِقْدام (action to achieve some purpose) · ang ġemet (something to take measurements) · sh mȅra (action to achieve some purpose) · be ме́ра (action to achieve some purpose) · pl takt (musical designation) · sv mätning (act or result of measuring) · lt priemonė (action to achieve some purpose) · pt indicador (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · uz tadbir (action to achieve some purpose) · fa-ira تَدْبیر (action to achieve some purpose) · el μέτρο (action to achieve some purpose) · be за́хад (action to achieve some purpose) · hi मात्रा (prescribed quantity or extent) · fa-ira سَنْجِش (act or result of measuring) · es regla (something to take measurements) · tg тадбир (action to achieve some purpose) · uk міри́ло (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · nl maatregel (action to achieve some purpose) · be ко́лькасьць (unspecified portion or quantity) · mi ine (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · ru лине́йка (something to take measurements) · bg разме́р (size ascertained by measuring) · az ölçülmə (act or result of measuring) · bg мя́рка (mathematical function) · de Mass (unspecified portion or quantity) · mi mēhua (size ascertained by measuring) · ga miosúr (something to take measurements) · hi मापन (something to take measurements) · is aðgerð (action to achieve some purpose) · ro tact (musical designation) · ru ме́ра (receptacle or vessel of standard size) · scn misura (size ascertained by measuring) · nl maat (unspecified portion or quantity) · bg тегли́лка (something to take measurements) · txb yarm (act or result of measuring) · bg мя́рка (limit that cannot be exceeded) · ru разме́р (act or result of measuring) · cmn 小節 /小节 (musical designation) · es medida (action to achieve some purpose) · as জোখ (size ascertained by measuring) · ba сара (action to achieve some purpose) · sh мје̏ра (size ascertained by measuring) · ota معیار (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · vec mexura (size ascertained by measuring) · lv mērs (size ascertained by measuring) · fi mitta (something to take measurements) · pl miarka (something to take measurements) · fi koko (prescribed quantity or extent) · bg роле́тка (something to take measurements) · be мяжа́ (limit that cannot be exceeded) · bg такт (musical designation) · az ülgü (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · uk мі́рка (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · de Maßnahme (action to achieve some purpose) · rm maseira (size ascertained by measuring) · ca compàs (musical designation) · ru такт (musical designation) · cs míra (size ascertained by measuring) · ja 測定 (act or result of measuring) · pt compasso (musical designation) · fr mesure (musical designation) · ru мери́ло (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · rm imsüra (size ascertained by measuring) · es compás (musical designation) · fi mitta (receptacle or vessel of standard size) · tr tedbir (action to achieve some purpose) · txb yarm (prescribed quantity or extent) · oc mesura (size ascertained by measuring) · da foranstaltning (action to achieve some purpose) · rup misurã (size ascertained by measuring) · nl maat (mathematical function) · fi mittari (something to take measurements) · ru ме́рка (something to take measurements) · ary عبار (size ascertained by measuring) · prs تَدْبِیر (action to achieve some purpose) · bg мя́рка (act or result of measuring) · az tədbir (action to achieve some purpose) · nn tiltak (action to achieve some purpose) · mi rūri (something to take measurements) · tew taa (prescribed quantity or extent) · es medición (act or result of measuring) · kk шара (action to achieve some purpose) · io mezuro (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · sh mjȅra (action to achieve some purpose) · nl maat (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · fi tahti (musical designation) · uk кі́лькість (unspecified portion or quantity) · pt medição (act or result of measuring) · be ме́ра (limit that cannot be exceeded) · sc misura (size ascertained by measuring) · bg мя́рка (action to achieve some purpose) · ro măsură (action to achieve some purpose) · ro măsură (musical designation) · lld mesura (size ascertained by measuring) · fi mittanauha (something to take measurements) · bg крое́ж (action to achieve some purpose) · wa muzeure (size ascertained by measuring) · fr mesure (size ascertained by measuring) · bg лини́йка (something to take measurements) · es medida (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · pl miara (mathematical function) · cmn 分量 (size ascertained by measuring) · mg refy (act or result of measuring) · ro linie (something to take measurements) · sv åtgärd (action to achieve some purpose) · el μέτρο (mathematical function) · ar إِجْرَاء (action to achieve some purpose) · bg мя́рка (something to take measurements) · myv онкс (size ascertained by measuring) · bg мя́рка (prescribed quantity or extent) · sh mȅra (size ascertained by measuring) · uk мі́ра (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · fi yläraja (limit that cannot be exceeded) · sk opatrenie (action to achieve some purpose) · uk такт (musical designation) · bg разме́р (poetry: manner of ordering and combining the quantities) · et mõõde (size ascertained by measuring) · rm mesira (size ascertained by measuring) · ckb پێواندن (act or result of measuring) · ga seift (action to achieve some purpose) · de Maß (mathematical function) · fi mitta (mathematical function) · ru ме́ра (limit that cannot be exceeded) · ru ме́ра (prescribed quantity or extent) · la pertica (something to take measurements) · ru разме́р (poetry: manner of ordering and combining the quantities) · ca mesura (act or result of measuring) · he מידה (mathematical function) · sv takt (musical designation) · yi מאָס (size ascertained by measuring) · de Maß (unspecified portion or quantity) · prs چَارَه (action to achieve some purpose) · nl meetlat (something to take measurements) · ru заме́р (act or result of measuring) · ru ме́ра (mathematical function) · sv likare (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · pt medida (action to achieve some purpose) · ca mesura (action to achieve some purpose) · fi mittatikku (something to take measurements) · crh ölçü (size ascertained by measuring) · de Maß (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · nl meting (act or result of measuring) · it misurazione (act or result of measuring) · nb tiltak (action to achieve some purpose) · ang ġemet (act or result of measuring) · ar قِيَاس (size ascertained by measuring) · bg коли́чество (unspecified portion or quantity) · gl medida (size ascertained by measuring) · it misura (size ascertained by measuring) · lv mērīšana (act or result of measuring) · fa-ira خَطْکِش (something to take measurements) · ru ме́рка (receptacle or vessel of standard size) · fa-ira چارِه (action to achieve some purpose) · sv mått (mathematical function) · fa-ira اَنْدازِهگیری (act or result of measuring) · tt чара (action to achieve some purpose) · fi mittayksikkö (any of various standard units of capacity) · bg мероприя́тие (action to achieve some purpose) · pl środek (action to achieve some purpose) · gd tomhas (something to take measurements) · fa-ira میزان (musical designation) · et mõõtmine (act or result of measuring) · ru ме́ра (action to achieve some purpose) · fi raja (limit that cannot be exceeded) · ro măsură (mathematical function) · nl maat (musical designation) · cs opatření (action to achieve some purpose) · ru ме́ра (any of various standard units of capacity) · sq masë (action to achieve some purpose) · grc μέτρον (size ascertained by measuring) · de Maß (size ascertained by measuring) · ru ме́ра (unspecified portion or quantity) · it regolo (something to take measurements) · bg мери́ло (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · hi माप (size ascertained by measuring) · ru преде́л (limit that cannot be exceeded) · ar فَاصِلَة (musical designation) · sv gräns (limit that cannot be exceeded) · el μέτρο (size ascertained by measuring) · ky чара (action to achieve some purpose) · es providencia (action to achieve some purpose) · uk мі́ра (size ascertained by measuring) · ga barra (musical designation) · ja 小節 (musical designation) · rm masüra (size ascertained by measuring) · fi lainsäädäntötoimenpide (piece of legislation as course of action) · is taktur (musical designation) · az ölçü (musical designation) · pt medidor (something to take measurements) · it battuta (musical designation) · ru мероприя́тие (action to achieve some purpose) · he סַרְגֵּל (something to take measurements) · gu પ્રમાણ (size ascertained by measuring) · ko 소절 (musical designation) · es medida (mathematical function) · tr ölçek (unspecified portion or quantity) · sh ме̏ра (action to achieve some purpose) · uk за́хід (action to achieve some purpose) · uk вимі́рювання (act or result of measuring) · nl maatstaf (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · fr mesure (action to achieve some purpose) · he מַד (size ascertained by measuring) · et meede (action to achieve some purpose) · ar قِيَاس (act or result of measuring) · be такт (musical designation) · rm masira (size ascertained by measuring) · hu intézkedés (action to achieve some purpose) · fi toimenpide (action to achieve some purpose) · prs اِقْدَام (action to achieve some purpose) · ro măsură (standard against which something can be judged, criterion) · es medida (size ascertained by measuring)