Measure

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NOUN

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

a statute in draft before it becomes law

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

a basis for comparison

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals

a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

VERB

determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

express as a number or measure or quantity

have certain dimensions

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

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