measure

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʒ.ə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ/ (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪ.ʒɚ/, /ˈmɪ.ʒɚ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmeʒ.ə/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmeʒ.ə/, (regional, proscribed) /ˈmeɪ.ʒə/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʃ.ʊɹ/ Rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ) Hyphenation: meas‧ure; mea‧sure === Noun === measure (plural measures) A prescribed quantity or extent. (obsolete) Moderation, temperance. [13th–19th c.] A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) [from 14th c.] Mom's rage has no measure. An (unspecified) portion or quantity. [from 16th c.] The act or result of measuring. (now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance. [from 14th c.] A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion. [from 14th c.] Any of various standard units of capacity. [from 14th c.] A unit of measurement. [from 14th c.] The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.] (now rare) The act or process of measuring. [from 14th c.] A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements. [from 16th c.] (geology) A bed or stratum. [from 17th c.] (mathematics, now rare) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor. [from 16th c.] the greatest common measure of two or more numbers (mathematics, measure theory) 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 [from 20th c.] Metrical rhythm. (now archaic) A melody. [from 14th c.] (now archaic) A dance. [from 15th c.] (poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot. [from 15th c.] a poem in iambic measure (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. [from 17th c.] A course of action. (in the plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. [from 17th c.] A piece of legislation. [from 18th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== (musical designation): bar (unit of measurement): metric ==== Hyponyms ==== (mathematics: measure theory): ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: メジャー (mejā) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === measure (third-person singular simple present measures, present participle measuring, simple past and past participle measured) (transitive) To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard. Synonym: take (stative) To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement). To estimate the unit size of something. To judge, value, or appraise. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over. To adjust by a rule or standard. (often with out or off) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with. (transitive) To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “measure”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “measure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “measure”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “measure”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Reaumes