Meaning of measure | Babel Free

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1. A prescribed quantity or extent.
   obsolete
2. Moderation, temperance.
   obsolete
3. A prescribed quantity or extent. Moderation, temperance. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
4. In addition to the required amount.
5. Moderation, temperance. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
6. To a degree: The new law was in a measure harmful.
7. An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
8. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
9. To set aside or distribute as a share:admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, give, lot, mete (out).
10. The act or result of measuring.
11. A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
12. An (unspecified) portion or quantity
13. To be equal or alike:compare, correspond, equal, match, parallel, touch.
14. A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
15. The act or result of measuring. A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance
16. very great. I'm offering you riches beyond measure! sonder einde, ongekende لا تُقاس، عظيمَه، تَفوق الوَصْف неизмерим sem limites nesmírný unermeßlich ud over alle grænser υπέρμετρος, απεριόριστοςinconmensurable ülemäära بی اندازه valtavasti sans bornes מִעֶבֶר לְכָל מִידָה अत्यधिक, हद से ज्यादा preko svake mjere végtelenül besar sekali ómælanlegur oltremisura 計りきれない 셀 수 없을 정도로, 매우 neišmatuojamas neizmērojams besar sekali onmetelijk uten grenser bez miary بى نهايت sem limites peste măsură без...
17. Any of various standard units of capacity.
18. as something extra or above the minimum necessary. The shopkeeper weighed out the sweets and put in a few more for good measure. vir die wis en die onwis شيء إضافي فَوْق المِقدار допълнителен de brinde pro dobrou míru zusätzlich i tilgift καλού κακού para que no falte pealekauba صاف کردن اندازه kaupanpäällisiksi pour faire bonne mesure לְיֶתֶר בִּיטָחוֹן जरूरत से ज्यादा dobra mjera ráadásul tambahan í ofanálag (per soprappeso), (per fare il buon peso) おまけに 분량을 넉넉하게, 덤으로 priedo pa virsu, piede...
19. A unit of measurement.
20. (no less than) the correct amount. We must ensure that customers get full measure. die korrekte hoeveelheid الكميَّه الصَّحيحَه цялата сума medida certa plná míra vollständig korrekt mål; nøjagtigt mål κανονική ποσότητα medida exacta täiskaal مقدار کافی oikea määrä bonne mesure הַכָּמוּת הַמְדוּיֶקֶת सही मात्रा या परिमाण točna mjera jól megmérik (neki) jumlah tepat rétt mál/magn, fullur skammtur la giusta misura 量目どおり 넉넉한 분량 tiek, kiek priklauso precīzs daudzums jumlah tepat de volle maat ret...
21. The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
22. a made-to-measure suit. spesifiek gemaakte مَعْمول حَسْب المَقاييس، مُلائِم по мярка feito sob medida ušitý na míru nach Maß gearbeitet; Maß-... skræddersyet φτιαγμένος επί παραγγελία hacer a la medida mõõdu järgi tehtud مناسب mittatilaus- fait sur mesure לְפִי מִידָה ‍बिल्कुल माप या नाप के मुताबि po mjeri mérték után (készült) dibuat menurut ukuran klæðskerasniðin föt fatto su misura あつらえの 맞춤의 pasiūtas pagal užsakymą izgatavots pēc mēra dibuat mengikut ukuran op maat gemaakt sydd etter mål z...
    a made-to-measure suit
23. The act or process of measuring.
    archaic
24. to mark (off), weigh (out) a certain distance, amount. He measured out a kilo of sugar. uitmeet, afmeet يَقيس أو يَزِن отмервам pesar odměřit aus-, abmessen udmåle; veje μετρώ προσεκτικά, ζυγίζωmedir, pesar välja mõõtma توزیع کردن mitata mesurer לְחַלֵק בְּמִידָה निश्चित मात्रा देना prekomjeran kimér menimbang merkja/vega/mæla (út) visst magn eða vissa lengd dosare 量り分ける (무게, 거리 등을) 재다 atsverti, atmatuoti, atseikėti nomērīt; nosvērt; noskaitīt menimbang afmetenmåle ut, veie opp odmierzać تول ...
25. A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
26. to reach a certain required standard. John's performance doesn't measure up (to the others). is toereikend يَصِل المُستَوى المَطْلوب достигам стандарт atingir dosáhnout úrovně heranreichen an måle sig med φτάνω το απαιτούμενο όριο dar la talla, estar a la altura de küündima به حد مناسب رسیدن saavuttaa määrätty taso être à la hauteur לַעֲנוֹת עַל הַדרִישוֹת आवश्यक मानक पर पहुंचना dostignut megfelel (várakozásnak) mencapai standar uppfylla, standast essere all'altezza di ～にかなう (표준 등에) 부합되다 pril...
27. A bed or stratum.
28. A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
    archaic
29. 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
30. Metrical rhythm.
    archaic
31. A melody.
    archaic
32. A dance.
    archaic
33. The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
34. 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.
35. A course of action.
    in-plural
36. Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
    in-plural
37. A piece of legislation.

Equivalents

Examples

“I will correct thee in measure, and will not leaue thee altogether vnpunished.”

“Mom's rage has no measure.”

“Full to the utmost measure of what bliss Human desires can seek or apprehend.”

“but there is never found a foolish man who knows the measure of his stomach”

“They have gloried to this day, the tedious interminable big-screen replays of that golden summer irritating beyond measure.”

“It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.”

“a measure of salt”

“Honesty is the true measure of a man.”

“City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.”

“The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.”

“The fragments shrank by increments of about three kilodaltons (a measure of molecular weight).”

“The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.”

“coal measures; lead measures”

“For many years the coal measures on the shores of Lough Allen were worked only in the most primitive fashion, and the coal was transported laboriously in the inevitable ass carts of the Irish peasant.”

“the greatest common measure of two or more numbers”

“He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar,— / "Now tread we a measure!" said young Lochinvar.”

“They danced on silently, softly. Their feet played tricks to the beat of the tireless measure, that exquisitely asinine blare which is England's punishment for having lost America.”

“a poem in iambic measure”

“The president said the measures involve a ban on all visitors to the country via all ports of entry who aren't residents or diplomats. El Salvadorans or residents who return to El Salvador will be quarantined for 30 days..”

“The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.”

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