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- n any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
the situation called for strong measures - n how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- n a statute in draft before it becomes law
- n the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
the measurements were carefully done - n a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
they set the measure for all subsequent work - n (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- n musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- n measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
- n a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
- v determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
- v express as a number or measure or quantity
- v have certain dimensions
This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches - v evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- In June 2006, a slightly different measure by the same name attracted 39 votes.
- In a new report, economists say GDP is the wrong way to measure a country's vitality and that our concept of wealth should include factors like health, equality and education.
- If IQ tests measure a trait that is genetic, and therefore inherited, or a trait that is culturally transmitted by parents and social class, they would, either way, be unlikely to .