Gages - English meaning

noun

A region or part of a town, a country, or the world.

Usage examples:

Rural areas of britain

noun

A part of the earth’s surface of land and water, or a particular part of a country, city, town, etc.

Usage examples:

An industrial/suburban/mountainous area, this area of the brain is called the cerebral cortex., his…

noun

A particular part of a place, piece of land, or country

Usage examples:

This is an area of the city where 48% of the properties are rental properties., our goal is to grow…

verb

Find (something) out for certain; make sure of.

Usage examples:

An attempt to ascertain the cause of the accident

verb

Learn or discover with confidence

verb

To discover a fact; to make certain

Usage examples:

The fire department has been unable to ascertain the cause of the fire.

verb

Make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging.

Usage examples:

Bore a hole in the wall to pass the cable through

noun

The hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.

Usage examples:

Barrels have ventilated ribs, hard-chromed bores, interchangeable choke tubes (three provided) and …

verb

Cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour.

Usage examples:

She is too polite to bore us with anecdotes

noun

The distance or measurement from side to side of something; width.

Usage examples:

The boat measured 27 feet in breadth

noun

The distance from one side of an object to the opposite side, esp. when it is shorter than the distance between the object’s other two sides

Usage examples:

The length of this box is twice its breadth., the breadth of his knowledge of history was impressive.

verb

Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.

Usage examples:

The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available

verb

Make a mathematical computation

noun

The quality of someone's character or the level of their ability.

Usage examples:

They could ill afford to lose a man of his calibre

noun

The quality of someone or something, especially someone's ability

Usage examples:

If teaching paid more it might attract people of (a) higher calibre., the competition entries were …

noun

The maximum amount that something can contain.

Usage examples:

The capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet

noun

The amount that can be held or produced by something

Usage examples:

[ c ] the stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000., [ u ] the theater was full to capacity that ni…

noun

The total amount or number of things or people that something can hold

Usage examples:

A capacity of sth the tanks have a capacity of 1000 litres., capacity audience/crowd the rally drew…

verb

Reckon or calculate (a figure or amount).

Usage examples:

The hire charge is computed on a daily basis

verb

Make a mathematical calculation

verb

To calculate something using mathematics or a calculator (= a device for doing mathematical processes)

verb

Determine the total number of (a collection of items).

Usage examples:

I started to count the stars i could see

noun

An act of determining the total number of something.

Usage examples:

At the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding

noun

A foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl.

Usage examples:

He is now a prisoner in a tower of the count's palace

noun

The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present.

Usage examples:

A degree of caution is probably wise

noun

An amount or level of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] this job demands a high degree of skill., [ c ] the house had also been damaged, but to a les…

noun

The distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something.

Usage examples:

Water of no more than 12 feet in depth

noun

The distance down from the top surface of something to the bottom

Usage examples:

[ c ] they were scuba diving at a depth of 22 meters., [ u ] the numbers on the left show the depth…

verb

Cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.

Usage examples:

It will be her mental attitude that determines her future

verb

Find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry

verb

To control or influence directly; to decide

Usage examples:

[ t ] we should be allowed to determine our own future., [ t ] eye color is genetically determined.…

noun

A face of a clock or watch that is marked to show units of time.

Usage examples:

The dial on your dive watch would send a geiger counter into cardiac arrest.

verb

Call (a phone number) by turning a dial or using a keypad or touchscreen.

Usage examples:

She dialled 999

noun

A straight line passing from side to side through the centre of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere.

Usage examples:

The sine wave through the diameter of the circle is the ideal and basic pulse wave.

verb

Put (something) in a prominent place in order that it may readily be seen.

Usage examples:

The palace used to display a series of tapestries

noun

A performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment.

Usage examples:

A display of fireworks

verb

Something intended to communicate a particular impression

noun

The area covered by something.

Usage examples:

An enclosure ten acres in extent

noun

The area, length, or size of something

Usage examples:

Approaching the airport, you could see the full extent of the island., to some extent it was my fau…

noun

The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.

Usage examples:

Columns rising to 65 feet in height

noun

(in a book or set of books) an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc. with reference to the pages on which they are mentioned.

Usage examples:

Clear cross references supplemented by a thorough index

verb

Record (names, subjects, etc.) in an index.

Usage examples:

The list indexes theses under regional headings

noun

An alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing on which page a name or subject appears, or computer information ordered in a particular way

Usage examples:

If you want to find the place in the text that henry james is mentioned, look it up in the index., …

noun

A thing that indicates the state or level of something.

Usage examples:

Car ownership is frequently used as an indicator of affluence

noun

A sign or signal that shows something exists or is true, or that makes something clear

Usage examples:

Housing permits are an indicator of the state’s economic health., the car’s speedometer and tempera…

noun

Something that shows what a situation is like or how it is changing

Usage examples:

Indicator of sth rising orders are an indicator of the health of the manufacturing sector., key/imp…

noun

The great size or extent of something.

Usage examples:

They may feel discouraged at the magnitude of the task before them

verb

Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units.

Usage examples:

The amount of water collected is measured in pints

noun

A plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Cost-cutting measures

verb

Determine the dimensions of something or somebody

noun

Us spelling of metre1.

verb

Measure or regulate by means of a meter.

Usage examples:

The huge capital outlay required to meter every household is not available

noun

Us spelling of metre2.

verb

Express or measure the quantity of.

Usage examples:

It is impossible to quantify the extent of the black economy

noun

Each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.

Usage examples:

Use your hands to spread the potato slices out so that they overlap like unruly fish scales, but ar…

verb

Remove scale or scales from.

Usage examples:

He scales the fish and removes the innards

verb

An instrument for weighing, originally a simple balance ( a pair of scales ) but now usually a device with an electronic or other internal weighing mechanism.

Usage examples:

Bathroom scales

noun

The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant.

Usage examples:

We widened the scope of our investigation

verb

Assess or investigate something.

Usage examples:

They'd scoped out their market

combining form

Denoting an instrument for observing, viewing, or examining.

Usage examples:

Microscope

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

noun

The full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers.

Usage examples:

A warehouse with a clear span of 28 feet

verb

(of a bridge, arch, etc.) extend from side to side of.

Usage examples:

The stream was spanned by a narrow bridge

verb

Yoke (an animal).

Usage examples:

He spanned his donkeys to the cart

noun

The distance through an object, as distinct from width or height.

Usage examples:

The gateway is several feet in thickness

verb

Plane or cut (wood) to a desired breadth or depth.

Usage examples:

He even thicknessed fretboards with the thing.

noun

The state or quality of being thick; the distance from one side of something to the opposite side

Usage examples:

The thickness of a mattress, several thicknesses of fabric

verb

Find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales.

Usage examples:

Weigh yourself on the day you begin the diet

verb

Have a certain heft

verb

To be pulled toward the earth with a particular force that can be measured, or to measure this force in an object; to show an amount of weight

Usage examples:

[ l ] the baby weighed six pounds, ten ounces at birth., [ l ] this table weighs a lot., [ t ] she …

noun

The measurement or extent of something from side to side; the lesser of two or the least of three dimensions of a body.

Usage examples:

The yard was about seven feet in width

noun

The distance across something from one side to the other

Usage examples:

[ c ] the shoes are available in three widths.

collocation

Find the solution to or understand the meaning of

phrasal verb

Plan or devise something in detail.

Usage examples:

We need to work out a seating plan

phrasal verb

Solve a sum or determine an amount by calculation.

Usage examples:

The interest rate is worked out by adding a certain amount to the current base rate