| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, scope |
Synonyms: |
admeasurement, admensuration, allotment, allowance, amount, amplification, amplitude, area, bang, breadth, bulk, capacity, degree, depth, dimension, distance, duration, extent, fix, frequency, height, hit, magnitude, mass, meed, mensuration, nip, part, pitch, proportion, quantity, quantum, quota, range, ratio, ration, reach, share, shot, size, slug, span, strength, sum, volume, weight |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, rule |
Synonyms: |
benchmark*, canon, criterion, example, gauge, meter, method, model, norm, pattern, scale, system, test, touchstone, trial, type, yardstick |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preventive or institutive action |
Synonyms: |
act, action, agency, bounds, control, course, deed, device, effort, expedient, limit, limitation, makeshift, maneuver, means, moderation, move, procedure, proceeding, project, proposal, proposition, resort, resource, restraint, shift, step, stopgap, strategem |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, inaction |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bill, law |
Synonyms: |
act, enactment, project, proposal, proposition, resolution, statute |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beat, rhythm |
Synonyms: |
accent, cadence, cadency, division, melody, meter, rhyme, step, stress, stroke, swing, tempo, throb, time, tune, verse, vibration |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, judge |
Synonyms: |
adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, calibrate, caliper, check, check out, choose, compute, delimit, demarcate, determine, dope out, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, figure, fit, gauge, gradate, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, look over, mark, mark out, mete, pace off, peg, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, size up, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, take account, time, value, weigh |
Antonyms: |
estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
comparative, geodetical, gradual, inch, measuring, metric, metrical, poisable, scalar, shading off, sidereal, unmeasured
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| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislative document |
Synonyms: |
amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
Synonyms: |
allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, cut of pie, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, piece of the action, quota, rake off, ration, share, slice, split, stint* |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
Synonyms: |
aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |