Measure

Noun

 * 1) The quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.
 * 2) An (unspecified) quantity or capacity :
 * 3) The precise designated distance between two objects or points.
 * 4) The act of measuring.
 * 5) 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.
 * 6) A rule, ruler or measuring stick.
 * 7) A tactic, strategy or piece of legislation.
 * 8)  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.
 * 9) An indicator;  Something used to assess some property.

Verb

 * 1) To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
 * 2) To estimate the unit size of something.
 * 3) To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
 * 4)  To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

Adjectives for Measure
effectual; dictatorial; decisive; mystic; unconstitutional; delightful; harsher; faltering; aesthetic; star; buskined; domestic; extreme; classical; diminished; good; considerate; large; hostile; rustic; merriest; precautionary; equal; discriminatory; infinite; quaint; drastic; pending; intemperate; judicious; repressive; defiant; pure-toned; irregular; solemn;  unattainable; compulsory; undeserved; hygienic; conservative; corrective; preventive; radical; contemptuous; potent; energetic; conciliatory; violent; pernicious; tempestuous; sinister; undaunted; scant; retaliatory; large; fluctuating; rhythmical; brimming; galloping; tuneful; vigorous; airy; stringent; generous; just; final; unexpected; accurate; weightiest; flowing; unrhymed; stately; financial; sweeping; inevitable; hostile; ample; aggressive; individual; tyrannical; dusty; highhanded; swelling; smallest; compromise; dulcet; preliminary; prompt; satisfactory; boundless; sterilizing; sufficient; proposed; doubtful; desperate; tedious; irregular; considerate; quantitative; rude; severe; vulgar; hasty; lavish; strained; pacific; debated; stark; concentrated; burning; central; centuried; organic; diverse (pi); eugenic; suitable; disciplinary; ruinous; emergency; corresponding; undreamed; contestable; gracious; bold; oppressive.

Verbs for Measure
adopt—; advance—; advocate—; block1—; combat—; defy—; effect—; enact—; enforce—;  execute—;   exert—s;   force— through; install—; institute—; introduce—; outlaw—; pilot—; promote—; promulgate —; reject—; repass—; resort to—; sub¬scribe to—; suggest—; threaten with—s; — affords relief; —clamps down on; —corrects; —embodies; —embraces; —evolves from.

Adverbs for Measure
scientifically; mechanically; accurately; consciously; effectually; constitutionally; aesthetically; mystically; classically; equally; intemperately; judiciously; financially; individually; tediously; quantitatively; lavishly; radically.

Thesaurus
computation, compute, concinnity, confront, constraint, content, contingent, continuum, contrast, contrivance, control, coordinate, cord, cordage, correction, count, countermove, counterpoint, counterpose, coup, couplet, course, course of action, cover, coverage, cretic, criterion, cubic foot, cubic meter, cubit, cup, custos, cut, cut the mustard, cut to, dactyl, dactylic hexameter, deal, deal out, dealings, decaliter, decameter, decastere, deciliter, decimeter, decrease, decree, deed, degree, dekameter, delimit, delimitate, demarche, depth, descant, destiny, determination, determine, development, device, diaeresis, dial, diameter, diapason, dictate, dictation, differentia, dimension, dimensions, dimeter, dipody, direct, direction, dispense, disperse, distance, distich, distribute, divide, dividend, division, dkl, do, dochmiac, dodge, doing, doings, dole, dole out, dope out, dose, dot, draw a comparison, draw a parallel, drop, dry pint, earmark, edict, effort, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, ell, em, emphasis, emptiness, empty space, en, enactment, end, endeavor, enlarge, enterprise, enumerate, envoi, epitrite, epode, equal, equal share, equalize, equilibrium, estimate, estimation, euphony, evaluate, evaluation, expanse, expansion, expedient, exploit, exposition, expression mark, extension, extent, extract roots, extreme, fait accompli, fate, fathom, feat, feminine caesura, fermata, field, fifth, figure, figure in, figure out, figure up, find out, finger, fit, fix, folderol, foliate, foot, footstep, force, forearming, forehandedness, foresight, foresightedness, forethought, forethoughtfulness, form, form an estimate, formality, formula, formulary, fur, furlong, furthermore, gage, galactic space, gallon, gauge, gauger, gauging, gear to, gest, gill, gimmick, girth, give an appreciation, give out, go, go over, gob, grade, graduate, graduated scale, greatness, group, guess, ha, half, hallmark, halver, hand, hand out, handiwork, harmonic close, harmonize, harmony, heap, hectare, height, helping, heptameter, heptapody, heptastich, heroic couplet, hexameter, hexapody, hexastich, hogshead, hold, homologate, homologize, hunk, iamb, iambic, iambic pentameter, ictus, idiosyncrasy, image, improvisation, in addition, inch, increase, index, indicant, indicator, infinite space, infinity, insignia, institution, instrument, instrumentation, insurance, interest, interlude, intermezzo, interstellar space, interval, into the bargain, introductory phrase, ionic, issue, jeroboam, jigger, jingle, job, judge, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, jus, key signature, key to, keynote, kiloliter, kilometer, large amount, largeness, last expedient, last resort, last shift, law, lay, lay off, lead, league, leap, legislation, length, lengthiness, level, lex, ligature, light-year, liken, liken to, lilt, limit, limitation, line, linear measures, link, litmus test, long time, longitude, longness, lot, magnitude, magnum, make an estimation, make plumb, make the grade, make uniform, makeshift, maneuver, mark, mark off, mark out, masculine caesura, mass, match, matter, means, measure against, measure out, measure up to, measuredness, measurement, measurer, measures, measuring, meed, meet, melodia, melodic line, melody, mensurate, mensuration, mess, metaphorize, mete, mete out, meter, method, metric system, metrical accent, metrical foot, metrical group, metrical pattern, metrical unit, metrics, metron, metronomic mark, micron, mil, mile, mileage, milliliter, minim, model, moderateness, moderation, modicum, moiety, molossus, monostich, mora, moreover, motif, motion, move, movement, multiply, musical phrase, musical sentence, myriameter, nail, norm, notation, notch, note, nothingness, nuance, number, numbers, numerate, octastich, octave, octet, operation, oppose, order, orderedness, ordinance, ordonnance, ornament, ottava rima, outer space, overall length, overpass, overt act, pace, pace off, pack, paeon, page, paginate, palm, parallel, parameter, parcel, parcel out, parsec, part, pas, pass out, pass over, pass through, passage, patrol, pattern, pause, peck, peculiarity, peg, pentameter, pentapody, pentastich, perambulate, percentage, perch, peregrinate, pererrate, performance, period, perpetuity, phrase, pica, picture, piece, pint, pis aller, pitch, place against, plan, plane, plateau, plumb, ply, point, pole, poll, pony, portion, poundage, precaution, precautions, precautiousness, presa, prescript, prescription, preventive measure, prize, probe, procedure, proceeding, proceleusmatic, process, production, project, property, proportion, proportions, proposal, proposition, prosodic pattern, prosody, protection, providence, provision, put in tune, pyrrhic, quantification, quantify, quantitative meter, quantity, quantization, quantize, quantum, quart, quatrain, quota, radius, rake-off, range, range over, rank, rate, rating, ratio, ration, reach, reading, readout, reckon, reconcile, reconnoiter, rectify, reduce, refrain, regulate, regulation, relate, remove, representation, representative, res gestae, resolution, resort, resource, response, restraint, rhyme, rhyme royal, rhythm, rhythmic pattern, right, ritornello, rod, rood, room, round, rubric, rule, ruling, run a comparison, run over, rung, safeguard, scale, scanning, scansion, scope, score, scour, scour the country, scout, seal, section, segment, segno, septet, sestet, set, set in contrast, set in opposition, set off against, set over against, set right, sextet, shade, shadow, shake-up, share, share out, shift, sigil, sign, signal, signature, similarize, similize, size, size up, slice, slur, small amount, small share, solo, solo part, solution, song, soprano part, sort, sound, space, span, spatial extension, sphere, spondee, spread, spread about, sprung rhythm, square inch, stair, stake, stamp, standard, standing order, stanza, statement, statute, stave, step, steps, steps and measures, stint, stock, stopgap, stowage, strain, stratagem, strength, stress, stretch, stride, stroke, stroke of policy, strophe, stunt, substance, subtract, sum, superficial extension, sure sign, surface, survey, surveying, sweep, sweetness, swell, swing, syllabic meter, syllable, symbol, symmetry, symptom, sync, synchronize, system, syzygy, tablespoon, tactic, tactics, tailor, take a reading, take account of, tally, teaspoon, technique, telemetering, telemetry, tell, telltale sign, tempo mark, temporary expedient, tercet, terza rima, test, tetrameter, tetrapody, tetraseme, tetrastich, theme, thesis, thing, thing done, tie, time, time signature, to boot, tonnage, touchstone, tour de force, township, track, tract, trait, transaction, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, tread, treble, triangulate, triangulation, tribrach, trick, trim to, trimeter, triplet, tripody, triseme, tristich, trochee, true, true up, trump, tune, turn, tutti, tutti passage, type, undertaking, valuate, valuation, value, variation, vers libre, verse, versification, view together, vinculum, void, volume, voyage, warble, wavelength, way, weigh, weigh against, weight, whole, width, work, work out, working hypothesis, working proposition, works, yard, yardage, yardstick, A, Alexandrine, Spenserian stanza, Stabreim, a, accent, accent mark, accentuation, accommodate, accommodation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accord, achievement, acreage, act, acta, action, ad hoc measure, adapt, add, additionally, adjust, adjust to, adventure, air, algebraize, alliterative meter, allocate, allot, allotment, allowance, amount, amphibrach, amphimacer, amplitude, anacrusis, analogize, anapest, angstrom unit, answer, antispast, antistrophe, apportion, apportionment, appraisal, appraise, appraisement, appreciate, approach, approximation, area, aria, arsis, artifice, as a bonus, ascertain, assay, assess, assessment, assign, assimilate, assize, assizement, astronomical unit, attain, attune, avenue, bacchius, badge, balance, banner, bar, barometer, barrel, bass passage, batch, be equal to, be up to, beat, beauty, benchmark, besides, big end, bigger half, bigness, bill, bit, bite, block, blow, body, book, bound, bourdon, breadth, bridge, bring into analogy, bring into comparison, budget, bulk, bunch, burden, bushel, bylaw, ca, cadence, cadency, caesura, calculate, calculation, caliber, calibrate, caliper, call, call off, call over, call the roll, canon, canto, cantus, capacity, cast, catalexis, census, centare, centimeter, chain, character, characteristic, check, check a parameter, chloriamb, chloriambus, chorus, chunk, cipher, class, clutch, coda, colon, commission, compare, compare and contrast, compare with, compass,

Etymology
mesure: from mesure: from  mensura: from mensus:, past participle of metiri:. Displaced native mǣte, mete "measure" (n.) (from  met "measure", compare  mitta "a measure"),  ameten, imeten "to measure" (from  āmetan, ġemetan "to mete, measure),  hof, hoof "measure, reason" (from  hōf "measure, reason"),  mǣþ "measure, degree".

Synonyms

 * bar
 * metric

Hyponyms

 * positive measure, signed measure, complex measure, Borel measure, σ-finite measure, complete measure, Lebesgue measure

Derived terms

 * measurement
 * measure stick
 * measure theory

Noun

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