GAUGE


Meaning of GAUGE in English

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.

VERB : V n , V n

2.

A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured.

...temperature gauges.

...pressure gauges.

N-COUNT : oft n N

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

VERB : V n

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

N-SING : usu N of n

5.

A gauge is the distance between the two rails on a railway line.

...a narrow gauge railway.

N-COUNT : usu n N

6.

A gauge is the thickness of something, especially metal or wire.

N-COUNT

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