Measurenoun
A prescribed quantity or extent.
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(obsolete) Moderation, temperance.
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A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
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An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
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The act or result of measuring.
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A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
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A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
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Any of various standard units of capacity.
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A unit of measurement.
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The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
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The act or process of measuring.
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A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
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A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
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(geology) A bed or stratum.
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(mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.
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Metrical rhythm.
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A melody.
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A dance.
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(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
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(music) 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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A course of action.
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(in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
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A piece of legislation.
Measureverb
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
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To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
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To estimate the unit size of something.
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To judge, value, or appraise.
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To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
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(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
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To adjust by a rule or standard.
Measureverb
To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.
Measurenoun
A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
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An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
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The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
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The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
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Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
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Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
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The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
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Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
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Regulated division of movement
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A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers; a denominator. See common denominator under denominator.
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A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
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The act of measuring; measurement.
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Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
Measureverb
To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
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To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
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To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
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To adjust by a rule or standard.
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To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; - often with out or off.
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To make a measurement or measurements.
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To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
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To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.
Measurenoun
the act or process of measuring;
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a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
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how much there is of something that you can quantify
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any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;
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a statute in draft before it becomes law;
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(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
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musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
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measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
Measureverb
determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of;
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express as a number or measure or quantity;
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have certain dimensions;
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place a value on; judge the worth of something;
Procedurenoun
A particular method for performing a task.
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A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
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(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
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The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
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(obsolete) That which results; issue; product.
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(computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.
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(medicine) A surgical operation.
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The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.
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A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
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That which results; issue; product.
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a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;
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a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;
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a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
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a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
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an established or official way of doing something
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a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner
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a surgical operation
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another term for subroutine