measure
A prescribed quantity or extent.
Noun 4 meanings
A prescribed quantity or extent.
“Mom's rage has no measure.”
The act or result of measuring.
“a measure of salt”
Metrical rhythm.
“a poem in iambic measure”
A course of action.
Verb 4 meanings
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
“We measured the temperature with a thermometer.”
To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement).
“The window measured two square feet.”
To estimate the unit size of something.
“I measure that at 10 centimetres.”
To judge, value, or appraise.
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.
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MEASURE at a glance
MEASURE has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + A 1 + S 1 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,206 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with measure
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- LEASURE7
- SEASURE7
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