Measure - English meaning

verb

Take action; do something.

Usage examples:

They urged washington to act

noun

A thing done; a deed.

Usage examples:

A criminal act

abbreviation

Advance corporation tax.

noun

The fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.

Usage examples:

Ending child labour will require action on many levels

verb

Take action on; deal with.

Usage examples:

Your request will be actioned

noun

The process of doing something, or something done, esp. for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

[ u ] quick action in calling the fire department saved many lives., [ c ] it was a reckless action…

noun

A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.

Usage examples:

Sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people

verb

Come to be (the total) when added together.

Usage examples:

Losses amounted to over 10 million pounds

noun

The degree to which something is a lot or a little; how much something is

Usage examples:

She’s made a tremendous amount of progress since the accident., he liked to carry a large amount of…

verb

Assess the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

There is a need to appraise existing techniques

verb

Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.

Usage examples:

The committee must assess the relative importance of the issues

verb

Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of

verb

To decide the quality or importance of something

Usage examples:

A college is going to assess a student’s ability based on grades., government officials assessed th…

noun

A modulation or inflection of the voice.

Usage examples:

His measured cadences never convey the character's underlying passion

noun

A regular rise and fall of sound, esp. of the human voice

Usage examples:

She spoke in the lyrical cadence of her east african accent.

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

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

Think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision.

Usage examples:

Each application is considered on its merits

verb

To think about a particular subject or thing or about doing something or about whether to do something

Usage examples:

Consider clara barton, who founded the american red cross., we considered moving to california, but…

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

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 route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river.

Usage examples:

The road adopts a tortuous course along the coast

verb

(of liquid) move without obstruction; flow.

Usage examples:

Tears were coursing down her cheeks

noun

The particular path something such as an aircraft or ship takes as it moves, or the path along which a river flows

Usage examples:

A southern course will take our flight over texas., the ship was blown off course (= away from its …

noun

An action that is performed intentionally or consciously.

Usage examples:

Doing good deeds

verb

Convey or transfer (property or rights) by legal deed.

Usage examples:

They deeded their property to their children

noun

An intentional act, esp. a very bad or very good one

Usage examples:

[ c ] whatever his motives, the deed did save a hundred thousand lives., according to the deed, she…

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…

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.…

verb

Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.

Usage examples:

The aim is to estimate the effects of macroeconomic policy on the economy

noun

An approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.

Usage examples:

At a rough estimate, staff are recycling a quarter of paper used

verb

Judge tentatively

verb

Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.

Usage examples:

The study will assist in evaluating the impact of recent changes

Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of

verb

To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

Usage examples:

Doctors evaluate the patient’s condition., [ + question word ] have they evaluated what their next …

adjective

(of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

Usage examples:

Either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so

noun

A means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral.

Usage examples:

The current policy is a political expedient

adjective

Helpful or useful in a particular situation, and without considering any moral question that might influence your decision

Usage examples:

We thought it expedient not to pay the builder until he finished the work., political expediency

noun

The lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or walks.

Usage examples:

The antipodes were the body's extremities, its feet or its finger nails.

verb

Cover a distance, especially a long one, on foot.

Usage examples:

The rider was left to foot it ten or twelve miles back to camp

noun

An instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.

Usage examples:

A fuel gauge

verb

The position of a sailing ship to windward ( the weather gage ) or leeward ( the lee gage ) of another.

Usage examples:

The french fleet was heavily outnumbered but had the weather gage

noun

The ability to assess and initiate things independently.

Usage examples:

Use your initiative, imagination, and common sense

noun

The ability to judge what needs to be done and take action, esp. without suggestion from other people

Usage examples:

Lisa showed initiative on the job and was soon promoted., the defense secretary announced a major i…

noun

A new plan or action to improve something or solve a problem

Usage examples:

A marketing/cost-cutting initiative, a diplomatic/peace initiative, an education/environmental/econ…

noun

A public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court.

Usage examples:

He is due to appear before a judge and jury on monday

verb

Form an opinion or conclusion about.

Usage examples:

A production can be judged according to the canons of aesthetic criticism

verb

An official who decides questions before a court

noun

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.

Usage examples:

Snowboarders performed daring manoeuvres on precipitous slopes

verb

Move skilfully or carefully.

Usage examples:

The lorry was unable to manoeuvre comfortably in the narrow street

noun

A planned action that is intended to get an advantage

Usage examples:

This manoeuvre has the effect of rewarding those shareholders who sell at the expense of those who …

verb

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Usage examples:

I don't know what you mean

noun

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

Usage examples:

Acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

plural noun

An action or system by which a result is achieved; a method.

Usage examples:

Technology seen as a means to bring about emancipation

phrasal verb

To weigh or measure a small amount of something from a larger amount

Usage examples:

Measure out two tablespoons of sugar and add to the hot water.

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.

noun

The si base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches), first introduced as a unit of length in the metric system.

Usage examples:

Sit two metres away from the tv screen

noun

The rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line.

Usage examples:

The horatian ode has an intricate governing metre

noun

A unit of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to 100 centimetres or approximately 1.094 yards

Usage examples:

The property lies within approximately 150 metres from the construction site but would not be direc…

noun

The action of functioning or the fact of being active or in effect.

Usage examples:

Restrictions on the operation of market forces

noun

A mathematical process, such as addition, in which one set of numbers is produced from another

Usage examples:

She underwent a six-hour open-heart operation., [ u ] several printing presses are in operation (= …

noun

The fact of operating or being active

Usage examples:

Come into/begin operation we expect the new procedure to come into operation early next year., be o…

noun

A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Usage examples:

The un peace plan

verb

Decide on and make arrangements for in advance.

Usage examples:

They were planning a trip to egypt

verb

A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved

verb

Measure (the depth of a body of water).

Usage examples:

I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down

noun

A ball of lead or other heavy object attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.

Usage examples:

He traces a line in white paint along the wall beyond the leaves, then drops a plumb from a cord st…

adverb

Exactly.

Usage examples:

Trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central europe

noun

An established or official way of doing something.

Usage examples:

The police are now reviewing procedures

noun

An order or method of doing something

Usage examples:

[ u ] it’s standard procedure for those at the top of the list to be called first., defense lawyers…

noun

A set of actions which is the usual or official way of doing something

Usage examples:

Procedure for sth the company has introduced new procedures for dealing with customer complaints., …

verb

Begin a course of action.

Usage examples:

The consortium could proceed with the plan

verb

Present participle of proceed

Usage examples:

His lawyers have decided not to proceed with the case., preparations for the festival are now proce…

noun

A set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim.

Usage examples:

An extensive programme of reforms

verb

Provide (a computer or other machine) with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a task.

Usage examples:

It is a simple matter to program the computer to recognize such symbols

noun

An officially organized system of services, activities, or opportunities that help people achieve something

Usage examples:

There is no graduate training programme for new recruits., a programme to do sth housing market ren…

verb

Express or measure the quantity of.

Usage examples:

It is impossible to quantify the extent of the black economy

noun

The amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.

Usage examples:

The quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled

noun

A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure.

Usage examples:

The island has the lowest crime rate in the world

verb

Assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale.

Usage examples:

They were asked to rate their ability at different driving manoeuvres

verb

Scold (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

He rated the young man soundly for his want of respect

noun

A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Usage examples:

Ruth listened to the rhythm of his breathing

An interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

noun

A regularly repeated pattern of sounds or beats used in music, poems, and dances

Usage examples:

[ c ] a jazz rhythm, [ u ] you need a sense of rhythm to be a good dancer., [ c ] the rhythm of a b…

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 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

A level of quality or attainment.

Usage examples:

Their restaurant offers a high standard of service

adjective

Used or accepted as normal or average.

Usage examples:

The standard rate of income tax

adjective

Usual or expected; not involving something special or extra

Usage examples:

A standard contract, i don’t work a standard, 35-hour week., the car came with an air conditioner a…

noun

An act or movement of putting one leg in front of the other in walking or running.

Usage examples:

Ron took a step back

verb

Lift and set down one's foot or one foot after the other in order to walk somewhere or move to a new position.

Usage examples:

Claudia tried to step back

combining form

Denoting a relationship resulting from a remarriage.

Usage examples:

Stepmother

verb

Look closely at or examine (someone or something).

Usage examples:

Her green eyes surveyed him coolly

noun

A general view, examination, or description of someone or something.

Usage examples:

The author provides a survey of the relevant literature

verb

Determining opinions by interviewing people

noun

A set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole.

Usage examples:

The state railway system

noun

A set of connected items or devices that operate together

Usage examples:

The system of interstate highways, we’re having a new computer system installed., the digestive sys…

noun

A particular set of actions for doing something

Usage examples:

They designed a system that tracks results., a system for (doing) sth the bank has streamlined syst…

noun

An individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but which can also form an individual component of a larger or more complex whole.

Usage examples:

Large areas of land made up of smaller units

noun

A single item or a separate part of something larger

Usage examples:

The first year of the course is divided into four units., this apartment building has 60 units (= s…

noun

A single thing or separate part of something larger

Usage examples:

The training course is divided into five units, and takes place over five days., shares in the phar…

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 …