āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to measure
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āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to find out the exact size of something or someone
Transitive: to measure dimensions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Last month, the surveyors measured the dimensions of the land before construction began.
āĻāĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§, āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to express the quantity, level, or extent of something using numerical values
Transitive: to measure level or quantity of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The survey aims to measure the level of customer satisfaction on a scale of 1 to 10.
āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻāĻŋ 1 āĻĨā§āĻā§ 10 āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻā§
to have specific dimensions, size, or extent
Linking Verb: to measure a specific dimension or size
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The new curtains measure exactly the right height for the living room windows.
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
04
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to assess or determine the characteristics, quality, capacity, importance, or extent of something through evaluation or estimation
Transitive: to measure degree or extent of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We need to measure the effectiveness of the new marketing strategy.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻŖāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Measure
01
āĻŽāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛
any of the short sections consisting of musical beats located between two consecutive lines
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Each measure in the composition had a distinct rhythmic pattern.
āĻ°āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛.
02
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ
a unit used to represent the degree, size, or quantity of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A standard measure for liquid volume is a liter or a gallon.
āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ
the quantity, amount, or degree of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The measure of rainfall this month exceeded expectations.
āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻĒāĻĻāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒ, āĻŽāĻžāĻĒ
any action or maneuver taken as part of a plan or strategy to achieve a specific goal or progress toward an objective
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The government introduced new economic measures to stimulate growth.
āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
05
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ, āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨
the act or process of assigning numerical values to phenomena based on a specific rule or standard to quantify and evaluate them
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In psychology, various measures are used to assess cognitive abilities.
āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
06
āĻĒāĻĻāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛
a proposed statute or piece of legislation that is under consideration by a legislative body before it becomes law
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The education reform measure was introduced to address the issues in the school system.
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
07
āĻŽāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛
the accent or stress in a metrical foot of verse, which contributes to the rhythm and meter of a poem
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Understanding the measure of each foot helps in analyzing the poem's rhythm.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ˛ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
08
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ
a standard or benchmark used for comparison or evaluation of other things
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The new policy will be used as a measure to assess the effectiveness of future regulations.
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
09
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ
an instrument or tool, often marked with a series of graduations or intervals, used for determining dimensions, quantity, or capacity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tailor 's measure ensured the suit fit perfectly.
āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
10
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
a container designed to hold a specific volume or weight, used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The barista used a measure to ensure the correct amount of coffee beans for each brew.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻĢāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
measured
measurement
measurer
measure
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
