measure
Definitions
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; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- (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; used as a reference in making measurements
- 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
Fragment
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Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "measure".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | 2 | 91 |
| 2 | measured | 2 | 66 |
| 3 | measurements | 3 | 54 |
| 4 | measures | 2 | 49 |
| 5 | measurement | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | countermeasure | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | countermeasures | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | measure's | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | measurex | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "measure".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "measure".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measured | 2 | 66 |
| 2 | pleasure | 2 | 62 |
| 3 | measures | 2 | 49 |
| 4 | measurement | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | mature | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | manure | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | measurable | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | treasure | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | leasure | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | reassure | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | measurex | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | measure's | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | mease | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | masur | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | meurer | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | mestre | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | measel | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | meares | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | maurie | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | maurer | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "measure" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "measure" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to measure | 1 | 5 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "measure" in the same piece of text.
Results:
Term
Definitions: 13
Fragments: 9
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 2
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 7
Consonant Matches: 10
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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