What is the meaning of Measure?

A prescribed quantity or extent.

  1. Moderation, temperance.
  2. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)

    Moderation, temperance.

    A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)

    An (unspecified) portion or quantity.

    The act or result of measuring.

    1. A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.

      A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.

      A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.

      Any of various standard units of capacity.

      A unit of measurement.

      The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)

      The act or process of measuring.

      A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.

      A bed or stratum.

      A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.

      A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

      Metrical rhythm.

      1. A melody.
      2. A dance.
      3. The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.

        A melody.

        A dance.

        The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.

        A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.

        A course of action.

        1. Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
        2. A piece of legislation.

        Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.

        A piece of legislation.

        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.

        To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.

        Source: wiktionary.org