transcription, транскрипция: [ geɪdʒ ]
( gauges, gauging, gauged)
1.
If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind.
He gauged the wind at over thirty knots...
Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles.
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2.
A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured.
...temperature gauges.
...pressure gauges.
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3.
If you gauge people’s actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them.
...as he gauged possible enemy moves and his own responses...
= assess
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4.
A gauge of someone’s feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them.
The index is the government’s chief gauge of future economic activity.
= measure
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5.
A gauge is the distance between the two rails on a railway line.
...a narrow gauge railway.
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6.
A gauge is the thickness of something, especially metal or wire.
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