Function: verb
Inflected Form: mea · sured ; mea · sur · ing \ ' me-zh ə -ri ŋ , ' m ā -; ' mezh-ri ŋ , ' m ā zh- \
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to choose or control with cautious restraint : REGULATE < measure his acts> b : to regulate by a standard : GOVERN
2 : to allot or apportion in measured amounts < measure out three cups>
3 : to lay off by making measurements
4 : to ascertain the measurements of
5 : to estimate or appraise by a criterion < measure s his skill against his rival>
6 archaic : to travel over : TRAVERSE
7 : to serve as a means of measuring <a thermometer measure s temperature>
intransitive verb
1 : to take or make a measurement
2 : to have a specified measurement
– mea · sur · abil · i · ty \ ˌ me-zh ə -r ə - ' bi-l ə -t ē , ˌ m ā -; ˌ mezh-r ə -, ˌ m ā zh- \ noun
– mea · sur · able \ ' me-zh ə -r ə -b ə l, ' m ā -; ' mezh-r ə -, ' m ā zh- \ adjective
– mea · sur · ably \ -bl ē \ adverb
– mea · sur · er \ -zh ə r- ə r \ noun