measure

IPA: mˈɛʒɝ

A prescribed quantity or extent.
(obsolete) Moderation, temperance.
A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
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.
A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
Any of various standard units of capacity.
A unit of measurement.
The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
(now rare) The act or process of measuring.
A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
(mathematics, now rare) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
(geology) A bed or stratum.
(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.
Metrical rhythm.
(now archaic) A melody.
(now archaic) A dance.
(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
(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.
A course of action.
(in the plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
A piece of legislation.

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
(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.

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