gauge
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or…A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
» The gas gauge is on empty.
Указатель бензина на нуле.
Meaning
15 senses(countable, uncountable)A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
Meter, Messgerät, Maß
ме́раméra, кали́брkalíbr, разме́рrazmér
(countable, uncountable)An act of measuring.
(countable, uncountable)An estimate.
(countable, uncountable)Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
Messgerät, Meter, Messlehre
измери́тельный прибо́рizmerítelʹnyj pribór, измери́тельizmerítelʹ, лека́лоlekálo
(countable, uncountable)A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
the thickness of wire
(countable, uncountable)A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
Maß
ме́раméra, кали́брkalíbr
(countable, uncountable)The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
(countable, uncountable)Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
(countable, uncountable)The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
(countable, uncountable)The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
(countable, uncountable)That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
(countable, uncountable)A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
Examples
35 sentencesThe gas gauge is on empty.
ruУказатель бензина на нуле.
Tom looked at the fuel gauge.
I looked at the fuel gauge.
The fuel gauge is on empty.
Tom looked down at the fuel gauge.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compareFrom Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galgā (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.
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Forms
plural: gaugesSynonyms
6 synonyms- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.:gage
- accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared:standard of measurement
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel:borecalibercalibre
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable