gauge
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
Noun 4 meanings
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
“1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt”
An act of measuring.
An estimate.
Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
Verb 4 meanings
To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
To estimate.
To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
Etymology
From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galgā (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”).
GAUGE at a glance
GAUGE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (G 2 + A 1 + U 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,804 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with gauge
All rhymes- HUGE8
- REFUGE10
- ROUGE6
- DELUGE8
- CENTRIFUGE16
- LUGE5
- GOUGE7
- SUBTERFUGE16
- KLUGE10
- ULTRACENTRIFUGE21
- BOUGE8
- EUGE5
One letter away
- GAUZE15
- GOUGE7
- GADGE8
- GAUJE13
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