Measure
A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
Regulated division of movement
A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.
The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
The space between two bars.
The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.
A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
The act of measuring; measurement.
Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
To adjust by a rule or standard.
To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.
To make a measurement or measurements.
To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.
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Measure Quotations
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
Mother Teresa
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
Vince Lombardi
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
Ronald Reagan
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
John Lennon
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Napoleon Hill
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.
George Washington
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Plato
Measure Translations
measure in Dutch is meten
measure in Finnish is mitata
measure in French is mesurent, mesurez, mesurer, cadence, mesurons
measure in Italian is proporzione, tatto, misurare, misura
measure in Latin is modus
measure in Portuguese is medida
measure in Spanish is tacto, mesurar, medida
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