MEASURE UP

Meaning of MEASURE UP in English

v. To be equal; be of fully high quality; come up. John didn't measure up to the best catchers but he was a good one. Lois' school work didn't measure up to her ability. Compare up: TO PAR.

Antonym: FALL SHORT.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

MEASURE UP — intransitive verb Date: 1854 to have necessary or fitting qualifications, to be the equal (as in ability)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MEASURE UP — intransitive verb 1. : to have necessary or fitting qualifications how the diets of American families measure up by nutrition …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEASURE UP — Date: 1854 1. : to have necessary or fitting qualifications — often used with to 2. : to be the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEASURE UP — Function: intransitive verb Date: 1854 1 : to have necessary or fitting qualifications ― often used with to 2 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MEASURE UP — reach the required or expected standard. → measure
Concise Oxford English vocab
MEASURE UP — [measure up] vi (1910) 1: to have necessary or fitting qualifications--often used with to 2: to be the equal (as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEASURE UP — measure up | ˌmeasure sb/sth ↔ ˈup to measure sb/sth : We spent the morning measuring up and deciding where …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEASURE UP — measure up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ measure ) 1 . to be good enough to do a particular …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEASURE UP — If you do not measure up to a standard or to someone’s expectations, you are not good enough to achieve …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEASURE UP — If you do not ~ to a standard or to someone’s expectations, you are not good enough to achieve the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MEASURE UP — {v.} To be equal; be of fully high quality; come up. * /John didn't measure up to the best catchers …
Slang English vocab
MEASURE UP — Function: verb Synonyms: EQUAL 3, match, meet, rival, tie, touch
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MEASURE UP — verb Synonyms: equal 3, match, meet, rival, tie, touch
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEASURE UP — See ↑ GOOD ENOUGH 2
Longman Activator English vocab
MEASURE UP — PASS MUSTER, match up, come up to standard, fit/fill the bill, be acceptable; informal come up to scratch, make the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEASURE UP — v. ( D ; intr. ) to ~ to (he didn't ~ to his opponent)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
MEASURE UP — {v.} To be equal; be of fully high quality; come up. * /John didn't measure up to the best catchers …
Словарь английских идиом
MEASURE UP — do enough work, achieve high quality With more training, he'll improve. He'll measure up to our standards.
English Idioms vocab
MEASURE UP — do enough work, achieve high quality With more training, he'll improve. He'll measure up to our standards.
English Idioms vocabulary
MEASURE UP — (to; иногда тж. with) 1) достигать (уровня) 2) соответствовать, отвечать (требованиям) The prisoner measures up to the description the police …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEASURE UP — phr v 1. достигать ( уровня ) she measures up with me - она (стала) одного со мной роста 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MEASURE UP — матем. соответствовать, удовлетворять (требованиям)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MEASURE UP — ( to; иногда тж. with)1) достигать (уровня) 2) соответствовать, отвечать (требованиям) The prisoner measures up to the description the police …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MEASURE UP — phr v 1. достигать ( уровня ) she measures up with me - она (стала) одного со мной роста 2. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MEASURE UP — phr v 1. достигать ( уровня ) she measures up with me - она (стала) одного со мной роста 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MEASURE UP — достигать, соответствовать, отвечать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MEASURE UP — достигать, соответствовать, отвечать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MEASURE UP — ( to; иногда тж. with ) 1) достигать ( уровня ) 2) соответствовать, отвечать ( требованиям ) The prisoner measures …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MEASURE UP — (to; иногда тж. with) 1) достигать (уровня) 2) соответствовать, отвечать (требованиям) The prisoner measures up to the description the police have of the …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MEASURE UP — (to иногда тж. with) а> достигать (уровня); б> соответствовать, отвечать (требованиям); The prisoner measures up to the description the police …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MEASURE UP — (to иногда тж. with) а. достигать (уровня); б. соответствовать, отвечать (требованиям); The prisoner measures up to the description the police …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
MEASURE UP — (to; иногда тж. with) а) достигать (уровня); соответствовать, отвечать (требованиям); оправдывать (надежды)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
MEASURE UP — достигать уровня
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
MEASURE UP — (to; иногда тж. with) 1) достигать (уровня) 2) соответствовать, отвечать (требованиям) The prisoner measures up to the description the police …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEASURE — I. ˈmezhə(r), ˈmāzh- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English mesure, from Old French, from Latin mensura, from mensus (past …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEASURE — — measurer , n. /mezh"euhr/ , n. , v. , measured, measuring . n. 1. a unit or standard of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
MEASURE — noun the space between two bars. 2. measure ·noun to adjust by a rule or standard. 3. measure ·adj the …
Webster English vocab
MEASURE — in mathematics, generalization of the concepts of length and area to arbitrary sets of points not composed of intervals or …
Britannica English vocabulary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEASURE — / ˈmeʒə(r); NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb SIZE / QUANTITY 1. measure (sb/sth) (for sth) to find the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEASURE — I. mea ‧ sure 1 S2 W2 /ˈmeʒə $ -ər/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ measurable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MEASURE — n. & v. --n. 1 a size or quantity found by measuring. 2 a system of measuring (liquid measure; linear …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEASURE — n. & v. n. 1 a size or quantity found by measuring. 2 a system of measuring (liquid measure; linear …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEASURE — n. & v. --n. 1. a size or quantity found by measuring. 2 a system of measuring (liquid measure; linear …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEASURE — ( measures, measuring, measured) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEASURE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
MEASURE — INDEX: 1. to measure something 2. the number or amount that you get when you measure something 3. an amount …
Longman Activator English vocab
MEASURE — n. 25B6; verb they measured the length of the room : CALCULATE, compute, count, meter, quantify, weigh, size, evaluate, assess, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEASURE — n. 1 amount, quantity, magnitude, amplitude, size, bulk, mass, extent, reach, dimension, scope, proportions, range, spread; capacity, volume; width, length, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEASURE — 1. сущ. 1) мера; единица измерения The measure is given in centimeters. ≈ Единицей измерения является сантиметр. dry measures ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MEASURE — measure.ogg 1. ʹmeʒə n 1. 1> мера, система измерений dry liquid measure - мера сыпучих тел жидкостей square measure - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

American Idioms English vocabulary

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