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Definition of measure : 1. 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.
2. A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
6. Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
7. Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
8. Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
9. Regulated division of movement
10. The act of measuring; measurement.
11. The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
12. 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.
13. The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
14. The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
15. The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
16. The space between two bars.
17. To adjust by a rule or standard.
18. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; - often with out or off.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. To make a measurement or measurements.
22. To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
23. To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
24. To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
25. Undefined quantity; extent; degree.

Synonyms:

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number, amount, quantity

interim, interval, aeon, course, epoch, age, era, duration, cycle, season, date, spell, time, period

fraction, compartment, member, helping, stock, sector, halve, subdivision, dividend, half, compartmentalize, subdivide, bit, interest, dismember

grade, caliber, quality, level, potential, magnitude, degree, notch, intensity, amplitude, step

commission, assignment, quantum, piece, percentage, allotment, division, allocation, chunk, dispensation, stake, part, lot, allowance, stipend, proportion, quota, apportionment

deal, allocate, distribute, ration, portion, partition, apportion, parcel, segment, allow, allot, dispense, share, cut, slice, give, set, split, assign, budget, earmark, mete

cubit, kilometer, inch, league, furlong, rod, fathom, meter, knot, mile, yard, ell, survey, minute, angstrom, mil, decameter, test, millimeter, decimeter, criterion, block, second, benchmark, micron, calibrate, foot, centimeter, hectometer

systematize, figure, calculate, reckon, quantize, rank, plan, compute, count, think, presume, sum, gauge, conclude, suppose, value, consider, total, weigh, scheme, guess, schedule, assess, tally, determine, deduce, estimate, surmise, plot, approximate, program, score, study, rationalize, rate, infer, multiply, judge, account, evaluate, add, divide, quantify, triangulate, appraise, enumerate

neighborhood, acreage, plateau, space, scope, scale, extent, room, span, dimension, area, plane, territory, length, volume, reach, stretch, zone, field, leeway, range, region

Usage examples:

• There is no half- measure- no choice. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• He'd never cared much for either of them, and they'd returned his sentiment in full measure. - "Caribbee", Thomas Hoover.
• Well, Desmond went on deliberately, I think that story gives us the right measure of Nur- el- Din's, character. - "Okewood of the Secret Service", Valentine Williams.