measure
A prescribed quantity or extentA prescribed quantity or extent.: A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
» Have you measured it?
Hast du es vermessen? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du ihn vermessen? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du sie vermessen? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du das vermessen? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du es ausgemessen? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du sie ausgemessen? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du ihn ausgemessen? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du das ausgemessen? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du es gemessen? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du das gemessen? — al_ex_an_der
Ты его измерил? — marafon
Ты её измерил? — marafon
Вы его измерили? — marafon
Вы её измерили? — marafon
Ты её измерила? — marafon
Ты его измерила? — marafon
Ти це поміряв? — deniko
Ти це поміряла? — deniko
Ти його поміряв? — deniko
Ти його поміряла? — deniko
Ви його поміряли? — deniko
Ти її поміряв? — deniko
Ти її поміряла? — deniko
Ви її поміряли? — deniko
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19 sensesA prescribed quantity or extent.
(countable, uncountable)A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
Mom's rage has no measure.
грани́цаgraníca, ме́раméra, преде́лpredél
межа́mežá, мі́раmíra
(countable, uncountable)An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
Maß, Mass
коли́чествоkolíčestvo, ме́раméra
кі́лькістьkílʹkistʹ, мі́раmíra
The act or result of measuring.
(countable, uncountable)A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
a measure of salt
ме́раméra, ме́ркаmérka
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
(countable, uncountable)A standard against which something can be judged; a way of measuring it; a criterion for it.
By what measure should we judge the performance of our teachers?
Honesty is the true measure of a man.
Maß, Maßstab
крите́рийkritɛ́rij, мери́лоmerílo, ме́раméra
міри́лоmirýlo, мі́раmíra, мі́ркаmírka
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
(countable, uncountable)Any of various standard units of capacity.
The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.
ме́раméra
(countable, uncountable)A unit of measurement.
(countable, uncountable)The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
Maß
ме́раméra, разме́рrazmér
мі́раmíra
(countable, uncountable)A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
(countable, uncountable)A bed or stratum.
coal measures; lead measures
(countable, uncountable)A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Metrical rhythm.
(countable, uncountable)The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
a poem in iambic measure
разме́рrazmér
(countable, uncountable)A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.
Takt
тактtakt
тактtakt
Examples
556 sentencesHave you measured it?
Ти це поміряв? — deniko
ruТы его измерил? — marafon
deHast du es vermessen? — al_ex_an_der
Measure the volume.
Поміряй об'єм. — deniko
What did you measure it with?
ruЧем ты это измерил? — odexed
Do you have a tape measure?
ruУ тебя есть рулетка? — marafon
The measure became law in October.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 7
By meaning 8
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measure”), mētiFrom Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measure”), mētior (“to measure”, supine stem in mēns-) + -tūra. Largely displaced native Old English metan ("to measure" whence modern mete) and ġemet (“a measure”). See also -ure.
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Forms
plural: measuresSynonyms
18 synonyms- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify:quantityamount
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal:step
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats:bar
- measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements:measuring stickmeasuring rod
- a statute in draft before it becomes law:bill
- the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule:measurementmeasuringmensuration
Word family
32 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable