measure

Meanings

Noun

• A prescribed quantity or extent.
• The act or result of measuring.
• Metrical rhythm.
• A course of action.

Verb

• To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
• To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
• To estimate the unit size of something.
• To judge, value, or appraise.
• To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
• To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
• To adjust by a rule or standard.
• To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

Related

Similar words

• bar
• metric

Narrower meaning words

• positive measure, signed measure, complex measure, Borel measure, σ-finite measure, complete measure, Lebesgue measure

Origin

• From Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra ("a measuring, rule, something to measure by"), from mensus, past participle of metiri. Displaced native Middle English mete ("measure") (from Old English met ("measure"), compare Old English mitta ("a measure")), Middle English ameten, imeten (from Old English metan ("to mete, measure")), Middle English hof ("measure, reason") (from Old Norse hof ("measure, reason")), Old English mǣþ ("measure, degree").