Measuring – definition
Denoting an instrument or device used to ascertain the size, amount, or degree of something.
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A measuring stick
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
Assess the importance, effect, or value of (something).
Usage examples:
It is hard to measure teaching ability
Travel over (a certain distance or area).
Usage examples:
We must measure twenty miles today
Present participle of
measure
Usage examples:
"will the table fit in here?" "i don't know - let's measure it.", this machine measures your heart …
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Измерение, Обмер, Дозировка
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Word origin
Middle English (as a noun in the senses ‘moderation’, ‘instrument for measuring’, ‘unit of capacity’): from Old French mesure, from Latin mensura, from mens- ‘measured’, from the verb metiri
Measuring – similar words
In a way that can be measured or noticed
Usage examples:
Already, this year's sales are measurably better than last year's., 3% of gas pumps tested by state…
Capability of being measured.
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Objectives should be measurable and achievable
Something that can be quantified, especially a sports player's height and weight.
Usage examples:
He had the worst measurables in the draft for his position
Able to be measured in order to discover its exact size, amount, etc.
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A measurable amount of precipitation
Measuring synonims
Assess the value or quality of.
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There is a need to appraise existing techniques
Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.
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The committee must assess the relative importance of the issues
Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
To decide the quality or importance of something
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A college is going to assess a student’s ability based on grades., government officials assessed th…
Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.
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The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available
Make a mathematical computation
Reckon or calculate (a figure or amount).
Usage examples:
The hire charge is computed on a daily basis
Make a mathematical calculation
To calculate something using mathematics or a calculator (= a device for doing mathematical processes)
Think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision.
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Each application is considered on its merits
To think about a particular subject or thing or about doing something or about whether to do something
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Consider clara barton, who founded the american red cross., we considered moving to california, but…
Determine the total number of (a collection of items).
Usage examples:
I started to count the stars i could see
An act of determining the total number of something.
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At the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding
A foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl.
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He is now a prisoner in a tower of the count's palace
Cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.
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It will be her mental attitude that determines her future
Find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry
To control or influence directly; to decide
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[ t ] we should be allowed to determine our own future., [ t ] eye color is genetically determined.…
Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
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The aim is to estimate the effects of macroeconomic policy on the economy
An approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.
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At a rough estimate, staff are recycling a quarter of paper used
Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.
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The study will assist in evaluating the impact of recent changes
Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something
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Doctors evaluate the patient’s condition., [ + question word ] have they evaluated what their next …
An instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.
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A fuel gauge
The position of a sailing ship to windward ( the weather gage ) or leeward ( the lee gage ) of another.
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The french fleet was heavily outnumbered but had the weather gage
A public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court.
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He is due to appear before a judge and jury on monday
Form an opinion or conclusion about.
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A production can be judged according to the canons of aesthetic criticism
An official who decides questions before a court
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.
Measure or regulate by means of a meter.
Usage examples:
The huge capital outlay required to meter every household is not available
A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
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The un peace plan
Decide on and make arrangements for in advance.
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They were planning a trip to egypt
A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved
Measure (the depth of a body of water).
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I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down
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.
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He traces a line in white paint along the wall beyond the leaves, then drops a plumb from a cord st…
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Trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central europe
Express or measure the quantity of.
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It is impossible to quantify the extent of the black economy
A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure.
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The island has the lowest crime rate in the world
Assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale.
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They were asked to rate their ability at different driving manoeuvres
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He rated the young man soundly for his want of respect
The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.
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The schools varied in size
Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.
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Twist drills are sized in millimetres
Having a specified size; sized.
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Marble-size chunks of hail
Look closely at or examine (someone or something).
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Her green eyes surveyed him coolly
A general view, examination, or description of someone or something.
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The author provides a survey of the relevant literature
Determining opinions by interviewing people
Find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales.
Usage examples:
Weigh yourself on the day you begin the diet
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
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[ l ] the baby weighed six pounds, ten ounces at birth., [ l ] this table weighs a lot., [ t ] she …
