measure
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(noun) how much there is of something that you can measure |
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Synonyms: amount, quantity, quantum |
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Related Words: abstraction, amount of time, cordage, definite quantity, indefinite quantity, interval, linear measure, long measure, magnetic flux, octane number, octane rating, period, period of play, period of time, play, playing period, proof, relative quantity, system of measurement, time interval, time period, time unit, unit of time, volume |
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(noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the police took steps to reduce crime" |
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Synonyms: step |
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Related Words: countermeasure, maneuver, maneuvering, manoeuvering, manoeuvre, porcupine provision, shark repellent, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuver |
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(verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" |
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Synonyms: measure out |
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Related Words: caliper, calliper, decide, determine, make up one's mind, pace, triangulate |
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(verb) place a value on; judge the worth of something |
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Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, value |
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Related Words: censor, grade, judge, mark, praise, rate, reassess, reevaluate, value |
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(verb) have certain dimensions |
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Related Words: be, endure, last, scale, stand, weigh |
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(noun) a measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements |
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Synonyms: measuring rod, measuring stick |
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Related Words: board rule, measuring instrument, measuring system, rule, ruler, size stick |
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(noun) magnitude as determined by measurement or calculation |
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Synonyms: measurement |
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Related Words: chance, concentration, dimension, distance, entropy, information, intensity, isometry, length, magnitude, probability, selective information, size, strength |
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(noun) notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; written followed by a vertical bar |
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Synonyms: bar |
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Related Words: musical notation |
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(verb) express as a quantity; "Can you quantify your results?" |
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Synonyms: quantify |
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Related Words: carry, clock, convey, express, fathom, meter, pace, plumb, scale, sound, time, titrate, weigh |
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(noun) a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill" |
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Synonyms: bill |
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Related Words: appropriation bill, bill of attainder, bottle bill, farm bill, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document, trade bill |
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(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
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Synonyms: beat, cadence, meter |
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Related Words: common measure, common meter, foot, metrical foot, metrical unit, poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern, scansion |
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(noun) the act or process of measuring; "he made a careful measurement"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" |
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Synonyms: measurement, measuring, mensuration |
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Related Words: acidimetry, actinometry, activity, algometry, alkalimetry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, calorimetry, densitometry, gravimetry, hydrometry, mental measurement, meter reading, observation, plumbing, quantification, reading, scaling, sound ranging, sounding, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, viscometry |
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(noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" |
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Synonyms: criterion, standard, touchstone |
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Related Words: baseline, benchmark, graduated table, norm, ordered series, point of reference, reference, reference point, scale, scale of measurement, standard of measurement, yardstick |
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