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Definition: Measure |
MeasureNoun1. The act or process of measuring; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate". 2. A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "they set the measure for all subsequent work". 3. How much there is of something that you can measure. 4. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime". 5. A statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill". 6. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse. 7. Notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; written followed by a vertical bar. 8. Measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements. Verb1. Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall". 2. Express as a quantity; "Can you quantify your results?". 3. Have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches". 4. Place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "measure" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Measure Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isa. 5:14, elsewhere "statute." (b) Mad, Job 11:9; Jer. 13:25, elsewhere "garment." (c) Middah, the word most frequently thus translated, Ex. 26:2, 8, etc. (d) Mesurah, Lev. 19:35; 1 Chr. 23:29. (e) Mishpat, Jer. 30:11, elsewhere "judgment." (f) Mithkoneth and token, Ezek. 45:11. (g) In New Testament metron, the usual Greek word thus rendered (Matt. 7:2; 23:32; Mark 4:24). (2.) Those which are definite. (a) 'Eyphah, Deut. 25:14, 15, usually "ephah." (b) Ammah, Jer. 51:13, usually "cubit." (c) Kor, 1 Kings 4:22, elsewhere "cor;" Greek koros, Luke 16:7. (d) Seah, Gen. 18:6; 1 Sam. 25:18, a seah; Greek saton, Matt. 13:33; Luke 13:21. (e) Shalish, "a great measure," Isa. 40:12; literally a third, i.e., of an ephah. (f) In New Testament batos, Luke 16:6, the Hebrew "bath;" and choinix, Rev. 6:6, the choenix, equal in dry commodities to one-eighth of a modius. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Chemistry | Ratio of the value of the quantity to the chosen unit of measurement. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | Any bill, resolution, or constitutional amendment that is acted upon by the Legislature. (references) |
Literature | Measure Out of all measure. "Outre mesure." Beyond all reasonable degree, `Præter (or supra) modum." "Thus out of measure sad."- Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, i. 3. To take the measure of one's foot. To ascertain how far a person will venture; to make a shrewd guess of another's character. The allusion is to "Ex pede Herculem." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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In political science, the initiative is a means by which a petition can force a public vote on a proposed statute, constitutional/charter amendment, or ordinance.Some well-known examples of initiatives are various ballot measures ("propositions") enacted by voters in California, notably Proposition 13 which was enacted in 1978 to limit real estate tax rates.
An initiative is usually distinguished from a referendum in that a referendum is submitted to voters by a vote of a legislature, while an initiative can be placed on the ballot in some jurisdictions by obtaining a sufficient number of signatures on a petition.
See also: recall, referendum
The term is also used in games such as chess. In Role playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, initiative refers to the order in which characters take actions.
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Measure can mean:
- To perform a measurement.
- In mathematics, a measure is a way to assign non-negative real numbers to subsets of a given set, in order to "measure their sizes or probabilities". See measure (mathematics) for a treatment of the concept.
- In music, a measure is a unit of time in Western music. It represents a regular grouping of beats, as indicated in notation by the time signature. Measures are also called bars, since measures are separated by vertical bars (called bar lines) in musical notation.
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In mathematics, a measure is a function that assigns "sizes", "volumes", or "probabilities" to subsets of a given set. The concept is important in mathematical analysis and probability theory.
Measure theory is that branch of real analysis which investigates sigma algebras, measures, measurable functions and integrals. It is of importance in probability and statistics.
See also Lebesgue integration
Formal definitions
Formally, a measure μ is a function which assigns to every element S of a given sigma algebra X a value μ(S), a non-negative real number or ∞. The following properties have to be satisfied:
If μ is a measure on the sigma algebra X, then the members of X are called the μ-measurable sets, or the measurable sets for short. A set Ω together with a sigma algebra X on Ω and a measure μ on X is called a measure space.
- The empty set has measure zero: μ({}) = 0.
- The measure is countably additive: if E1, E2, E3, ... are countably many pairwise disjoint sets in X and E is their union, then the measure μ(E) is equal to the sum ∑μ(Ek).
The following properties can be derived from the definition above:
A measure space Ω is called finite if μ(Ω) is a finite real number (rather than ∞). It is called σ-finite if Ω is the countable union of measurable sets of finite measure.
- If E1 and E2 are two measurable sets with E1 being a subset of E2, then μ(E1) ≤ μ(E2).
- If E1, E2, E3, ... are measurable sets and En is a subset of En+1 for all n, then the union E of the sets En is measurable and μ(E) = lim μ(En).
- If E1, E2, E3, ... are measurable sets and En+1 is a subset of En for all n, then the intersection E of the sets En is measurable; furthermore, if at least one of the En has finite measure, then μ(E) = lim μ(En).
σ-finite measure spaces have some very nice properties; σ-finiteness can be compared in this respect to separable of topological spaces.
A measurable set S is called a null-set if μ(S) = 0. The measure μ is called complete if every subset of a null-set is measurable (and then automatically itself a null-set).
Examples
Some important measures are listed here.
- The counting measure is defined by μ(S) = number of elements in S.
- The Lebesgue measure is the unique complete translation-invariant measure on a sigma algebra containing the intervalss in R such that μ([0,1]) = 1.
- The Haar measure for a locally compact topological group is a generalization of the Lebesgue measure and has a similar uniqueness property.
- The zero measure is defined by μ(S) = 0 for all S.
- Every probability space gives rise to a measure which takes the value 1 on the whole space (and therefore takes all its values in the unit interval [0,1]). Such a measure is called a probability measure. See probability axioms.
Generalizations
For certain purposes, it is useful to have a "measure" whose values are not restricted to the non-negative reals or infinity. For instance, a countably additive set function with values in the (signed) real numbers is called a signed measure, while such a function with values in the complex numbers is called a complex measure. A measure that takes values in a Banach space is called a spectral measure; these are used mainly in functional analysis for the spectral theorem.
Another generalization is the finitely additive measure. This is the same as a measure except that instead of requiring countable additivity we require only finite additivity. Historically, this definition was used first, but proved to be not so useful.
The remarkable result in integral geometry known as Hadwiger's theorem states that the space of translation-invariant, finitely additive, not-necessarily-nonnegative set functions defined on finite unions of compact convex sets in Rn consists (up to scalar multiples) of one "measure" that is "homogeneous of degree k" for each k=0,1,2,...,n, and linear combinations of those "measures". "Homogeneous of degree k" means that rescaling any set by any factor c>0 multiplies the set's "measure" by ck. The one that is homogeneous of degree n is the ordinary n-dimensional volume. The one that is homogeneous of degree n-1 is the "surface volume". The one that is homogeneous of degree 1 is a mysterious function called the "mean width", a misnomer. The one that is homogenous of degree 0 is the Euler characteristic.
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Measurement is the determination of the size or magnitude of something. Measurement is not limited to physical quantities, but can extend to quantifying almost any imaginable thing such as degree of uncertainty, consumer confidence, or the rate of increase in the fall in the price of beanie babies.
In physics and engineering, measurement is the process of comparing physical quantities of real-world objects and events. Established standard objects and events are used as units, and the measurement results in at least two numbers for the relationship between the item under study and the referenced unit of measurement, where at least one number estimates the statistical uncertainty in the measurement. Measuring instruments are the means by which this translation is made.
- "A measurement is a comparison to a standard." -- William Shockley
Metrology is the study of measurement.
A metric is a standard for measurement. The quantification of phenomena through the process of measurement relies on the existence of an explicit or implicit metric, which is the standard to which the measure is referenced. If I say I am '5', I am indicating a measurement without conveying an applicable standard. I may mean I am 5 years old, 5 feet high, or 5-time world raquetball champion.
Measuring physical quantities accurately is important in science, engineering and commerce.
For example, the unit for length might be a well-known person's foot, and the length of a boat can be given as the number of times that person's foot would fit the length of the boat.
Laws to regulate measurement were originally developed to prevent fraud. However, units of measurement are now generally defined on a scientific basis, and are established by international treaties.
The history of measurements is a topic within the History of Science and Technology. The meter was standardized as the unit for length after the French revolution, and has since been adopted throughout most of the world. The United States and the UK are in the process of converting to the SI system. This process is known as metrication.
Systems of measurement:
Measuring the ratios between physical quantities is an important sub-field of physics.
- Imperial units
- SI system, also known as the metric system
- Chinese units
Some important physical quantities include:
- the speed of light
- the fine-structure constant
- the charge of an electron
See also:
- Weights and measures
- Historical weights and measures
- Timeline of time measurement technology
- Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology
- Dimensional analysis
- Dimensionless number
- conversion of units
- orders of magnitude
- league
External Links
- There is A Dictionary of Units of Measurement of all kinds at http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html
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Ballot Measure 27 of 2002 would have required the mandatory labelling of all genetically modified food sold in the State of Oregon. The measure was defeated in the November 5, 2002 general election with 371,851 votes in favor, 886,806 votes against.[1] The measure was placed on the ballot as a result of initative petition.Proponents of the measure argued that "Oregonians should have the right to know what they are eating." They repeated the belief of some activists that genetic engineering of food poses a potential threat to health and safety. (See frankenfood.) Proponents also ridiculed the cost estimates of the law brought by the measure's opponents.[1] Proponents hoped that an Oregon labelling law would spark debate about the use of GMOs in food and eventually a nationwide labelling system.
Opponents aruged that Oregon's agricultural industry would be burdened by excessive costs if the measure were to pass, given the lack of such a requirement throughout the rest of the United States. In addition, opponents noted the lack of evidence that GMO foods posed a danger to human health.[1] Monsanto, an agricultrual company whose products comprise 70% of the GMO market, donated $1.5 million to the effort against the measure.[1]
See also: List of Oregon ballot measures
External links
- Oregon Voter's Guide page for Measure 27--includes ballot title, text of the measure, and arguments for and against
- Letter from Consumers' Union supporting Measure 27
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A probability space is a set S, together with a σ-algebra X on S and a measure P on that σ-algebra such that P(S) = 1. The set S is called the sample space and the elements of X are called the events. The measure P is called the probability measure, and P(E) is the probability of the event E.The above is a compact form of stating the probability axioms.
Note that sets containing one element of S are not necessarily events.
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The word unit can mean more than one thing:
- In most physical contexts, 'unit' is used to mean a physical unit.
- A currency is a unit of money (a monetary unit).
- In mathematics, 'unit' often refers to the number one in some sense:
- A unit vector is a vector with length 1.
- The unit circle is the cirle with radius 1 centered at the origin of the coordinate system.
- The unit interval is the interval of all real numbers between 0 and 1.
- The imaginary unit of complex numbers is the number i, a number whose square is -1.
- A root of unity is a complex number a power of which is 1.
- A unit of a ring is an element of the ring that is invertible with respect to the ring multiplication.
- Military units:
- Unit 101 was an Israeli special operations unit.
- Unit 731 was a secret military unit of the Japanese army.
- Functional units are components of a system that perform a specific function:
- The Central processing unit (CPU) is the processor of a computer; Arithmetic and Logical Unit, Control unit, Memory management unit and Floating Point Unit are important components of the CPU.
- A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors.
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The definition, agreement and practical use of units of weights and measures have played a crucial role in human endavour from early ages up to this day. Just to underline the importance of agreed units, the NASA Mars Polar Lander in December 1999 crashed on the planet Mars instead of staying in orbit, due to miscommunications about the value of forces: different people used different assumptions about the unit of measure (newton versus pound). Enormous amounts of effort, time and money were wasted.
History of Weights and Measures
Weights and measures were among the earliest tools invented by humans. Primitive societies needed rudimentary measures for many tasks: constructing dwellings of an appropriate size and shape, fashioning clothing, or bartering food or raw materials.
The earliest weights and measures were based on the use of parts of the body and the natural surroundings as measuring instruments. Early Babylonian and Egyptian records and the Bible indicate that length was first measured with the forearm, hand, or finger and that time was measured by the periods of the sun, moon, and other heavenly bodies. When it was necessary to compare the capacities of containers such as gourds or clay or metal vessels, they were filled with plant seeds which were then counted to measure the volumes. When means for weighing were invented, seeds and stones served as standards. For instance, the carat, still used as a unit for gems, was derived from the carob seed.
Our present knowledge of early weights and measures comes from many sources. Archaeologists have recovered some rather early standards and preserved in museums. The comparison of the dimensions of buildings with the descriptions of contemporary writers is another source of information. An interesting example of this is the comparison of the dimensions of the Greek Parthenon with the description given by Plutarch from which a fairly accurate idea of the size of the Attic foot is obtained. In some cases, we have only plausible theories and we must sometimes select the interpretation to be given to the evidence.
For example, does the fact that the length of the double-cubit of early Babylonia was equal (within two parts per thousand) to the length of the seconds pendulum at Babylon suggest a scientific knowledge of the pendulum at a very early date, or do we merely have a curious coincidence? By studying the evidence given by all available sources, and by correlating the relevant facts, we obtain some idea of the origin and development of the units. We find that they have changed more or less gradually with the passing of time in a complex manner because of a great variety of modifying influences. We find the units modified and grouped into measurement systems: the Babylonian system, the Egyptian system, the Phileterian system of the Ptolemaic age, the Olympic system of Greece, the Roman system, and the British system, to mention only a few.
See Historical weights and measures for a detailed listing of actual units of ancient weight and measure.
Origins of common customary units
The origin and development of units of measurement has been investigated in considerable detail and a number of books have been written on the subject. It is only possible to give here, somewhat sketchily, the story about a few units.
Units of length
The cubit was the first recorded unit used by ancient peoples to measure length. There were several cubits of different magnitudes that were used. The common cubit was the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It was divided into the span of the hand (one-half cubit), the palm or width of the hand (one sixth), and the digit or width of a finger (one twenty-fourth). The Royal or Sacred Cubit, which was 7 palms or 28 digits long, was used in constructing buildings and monuments and in surveying. The inch, foot, and yard evolved from these units through a complicated transformation not yet fully understood. Some believe they evolved from cubic measures; others believe they were simple proportions or multiples of the cubit. In any case, the Greeks and Romans inherited the foot from the Egyptians. The Roman foot was divided into both 12 unciae (inches) and 16 digits. The Romans also introduced the mile of 1000 paces or double steps, the pace being equal to five Roman feet. The Roman mile of 5000 feet was introduced into England during the occupation. Queen Elizabeth, who reigned from 1558 to 1603, changed, by statute, the mile to 5280 feet or 8 furlongs, a furlong being 40 rods of 5.5 yards each.
The introduction of the yard as a unit of length came later, but its origin is not definitely known. Some believe the origin was the double cubit, others believe that it originated from cubic measure. Whatever its origin, the early yard was divided by the binary method into 2, 4, 8, and 16 parts called the half-yard, span, finger, and nail. The association of the yard with the "gird" or circumference of a person's waist or with the distance from the tip of the nose to the end of the thumb of Henry I are probably standardizing actions, since several yards were in use in Great Britain.
Typographical units
The point, which is a unit for measuring print type, is recent. It originated with Pierre Simon Fournier in 1737. It was modified and developed by the Didot brothers, Francois Ambroise and Pierre Francois, in 1755. The point was first used in the United States in 1878 by a Chicago type foundry (Marder, Luse, and Company). Since 1886, a point has been exactly 0.3514598 millimetres, or about 1/72 inch.
Units of mass
The grain was the earliest unit of mass and is the smallest unit in the apothecary, avoirdupois, Tower, and Troy systems. The early unit was a grain of wheat or barleycorn used to weigh the precious metals silver and gold. Larger units preserved in stone standards were developed that were used as both units of mass and of monetary currency. The pound was derived from the mina used by ancient civilizations. A smaller unit was the shekel, and a larger unit was the talent. The magnitude of these units varied from place to place. The Babylonians and Sumerians had a system in which there were 60 shekels in a mina and 60 minas in a talent. The Roman talent consisted of 100 libra (pound) which were smaller in magnitude than the mina. The Troy pound used in England and the United States for monetary purposes, like the Roman pound, was divided into 12 ounces, but the Roman uncia (ounce) was smaller. The carat is a unit for measuring gemstones that had its origin in the carob seed, which later was standardized at 1/144 ounce and then 0.2 gram.
Goods of commerce were originally traded by number or volume. When weighing of goods began, units of mass based on a volume of grain or water were developed. For example, the talent in some places was approximately equal to the mass of one cubic foot of water. Was this a coincidence or by design? The diverse magnitudes of units having the same name, which still appear today in our dry and liquid measures, could have arisen from the various commodities traded. The larger avoirdupois pound for goods of commerce might have been based on volume of water which has a higher bulk density than grain. For example, the Egyptian hon was a volume unit about 11 percent larger than a cubic palm and corresponded to one mina of water. It was almost identical in volume to the present U.S. pint.
The stone, quarter, hundredweight, and ton were larger units of mass used in Great Britain. Today only the stone continues in customary use for measuring personal body weight. The present stone is 14 pounds, but an earlier unit appears to have been 16 pounds. The other units were multiples of 2, 8, and 160 times the stone, or 28, 112, and 2240 pounds, respectively. The hundredweight was approximately equal to two talents. In the United States the ton of 2240 pounds is called the ?long ton.? The ?short ton? is equal to 2000 pounds.
Units of time and angle
We can trace the division of the circle into 360 degrees and the day into hours, minutes, and seconds to the Babylonians who had a sexagesimal system of numbers. The 360 degrees may have been related to a year of 360 days.
Origin of the metric system
Metric systems of units have evolved since the adoption of the first well-defined system in France in 1791. During this evolution the use of these systems spread throughout the world, first to the non-English-speaking countries, and more recently to the English speaking countries.
The first metric system was based on the centimetre, gram, and second (cgs) and these units were particularly convenient in science and technology. Later metric systems were based on the metre, kilogram, and second (mks) to improve the value of the units for practical applications.
The present metric system is the International System of Units (SI). It is also based on the metre, kilogram and second as well as additional base units for temperature, electric current, luminous intensity, and amount of substance.
The adoption of the metric system in France was slow, but its desirability as an international system was recognized by geodesists and others. On May 20, 1875, an international treaty known as the Metre Convention was signed by 17 states. This treaty established the following organizations to conduct international activities relating to a uniform system for measurements:
Multiples and submultiples of metric units are related by powers of ten; the names for these are formed with SI prefixes. This relationship is compatible with the decimal system of numbers and it contributes greatly to the convenience of metric units.
- Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM), an intergovernmental conference of official delegates of member nations and the supreme authority for all actions;
- Comité International des Poids et Mesures (CIPM), consisting of selected scientists and metrologists, which prepares and executes the decisions of the CGPM and is responsible for the supervision of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures;
- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), a permanent laboratory and world center of scientific metrology, the activities of which include the establishment of the basic standards and scales of the principal physical quantities and maintenance of the international prototype standards.
International System of Units
At the end of World War II, a number of different systems of measurement still existed throughout the world. Some of these systems were variations of the metric system, and others were based on the customary inch-pound system of the English-speaking countries. It was recognized that additional steps were needed to promote a worldwide measurement system. As a result the 9th GCPM, in 1948, asked the CIPM to conduct an international study of the measurement needs of the scientific, technical, and educational communities. Based on the findings of this study, the 10th CGPM in 1954 decided that an international system should be derived from six base units to provide for the measurement of temperature and optical radiation in addition to mechanical and electromagnetic quantities. The six base units recommended were the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, Kelvin degree (later renamed the kelvin), and the candela.
In 1960, the 11th CGPM named the system based on the six base quantities the International System of Units, abbreviated SI from the French name: Le Système International d'Unités. The SI metric system is now either obligatory or permissible throughout the world.
Units and Standards of the Metric System
In the early metric system there were two fundamental or base units, the metre and the kilogram, for length and mass. The other units of length and mass, and all units of area, volume, and compound units such as density were derived from these two fundamental units.
The metre was originally intended to be one ten-millionth part of a meridional quadrant of the earth. The Metre of the Archives, the platinum length standard which was the standard for most of the 19th century, at first was supposed to be exactly this fractional part of the quadrant. More refined measurements over the earth's surface showed that this supposition was not correct. In 1889, a new international metric standard of length, the International Prototype Metre, a graduated line standard of platinum-iridium, was selected from a group of bars because precise measurements found it to have the same length as the Metre of the Archives. The metre was then defined as the distance, under specified conditions, between the lines on the International Prototype Metre without reference to any measurements of the earth or to the Metre of the Archives, which it superseded. Advances in science and technology have made it possible to improve the definition of the metre and reduce the uncertainties associated with artifacts.
From 1960 to 1983, the metre was defined as the length equal to 1 650 763.73 wavelengths in a vacuum of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the specified energy levels of the krypton-86 atom. Since 1983 the metre has been defined as the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum during an interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.
The kilogram, originally defined as the mass of one cubic decimetre of water at the temperature of maximum density, was known as the Kilogram of the Archives. It was replaced after the International Metric Convention in 1875 by the International Prototype Kilogram which became the unit of mass without reference to the mass of a cubic decimetre of water or to the Kilogram of the Archives. Each country that subscribed to the International Metric Convention was assigned one or more copies of the international standards; these are known as National Prototype Metres and Kilograms.
The litre is a unit of capacity or volume. In 1964, the 12th GCPM redefined the litre as being one cubic decimetre. By its previous definition -- the volume occupied, under standard conditions, by a quantity of pure water having a mass of one kilogram -- the litre was larger than the cubic decimetre by 28 parts per 1 000 000. Except for determinations of high precision, this difference is so small as to be of no consequence.
SI includes two classes of units:
The above is based on Appendix B of NIST Handbook 44, 2002 Edition. (Since it is a U.S. government publication, it is presumably public domain.)
- SI base units for length, mass, time, temperature, electric current, luminous intensity, and amount of substance; and
- SI derived units for all other quantities (e.g., work, force, power) expressed in terms of the seven base units.
See also
- Historical weights and measures
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| meas. | English | Measure | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MeasureSynonyms: amount (n), bar (n), beat (n), bill (n), cadence (n), criterion (n), measurement (n), measuring (n), measuring rod (n), measuring stick (n), mensuration (n), meter (n), quantity (n), quantum (n), standard (n), step (n), touchstone (n), appraise (v), assess (v), evaluate (v), measure out (v), quantify (v), valuate (v), value (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Deed, act, overt act, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan). |
Apportionment | Dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose; dole, meed, pittance; quantum, ration; ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance; suerte. |
Degree | Noun: degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber; gradation, shade; tenor, compass; sphere, station, rank, standing; rate, way, sort. |
Poetry | Verse, rhyme, assonance, crambo, meter, measure, foot, numbers, strain, rhythm; accentuation; (voice); dactyl, spondee, trochee, anapest; hexameter, pentameter; Alexandrine; anacrusis, antispast, blank verse, ictus. |
Quantity | Verb: quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine,Verb: quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate, enumerate. |
Noun: quan magnitude; size; (dimensions); amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum, measure, substance, strength, force. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Measure |
| English words defined with "measure": Binary measure ♦ Cloth measure ♦ Lineal measure, linear measure, long measure ♦ Solid measure, square measure ♦ To measure swords with one, To take one's measure, To tread a measure, Triple measure ♦ Unit of measure ♦ Water measure, Wine measure. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "measure": Aggregate measure of support ♦ complexity measure ♦ Fieller-Hartley-Pearson measure of association ♦ Measure One's Length on the Ground, Measure Swords ♦ non-structural measure ♦ passive measure, passive protection measure, Pearson measure of skewness ♦ R&D measure, research and development measure. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "measure": Uncia. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Then how do you measure yourself with other golfers (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis) All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father (L.A. Confidential; writing credit: Brian Helgeland) Only then can we know the true measure of a man. (Quills; writing credit: Doug Wright) Can you see or measure an atom (Plan 9 from Outer Space; writing credit: Edward D. Wood Jr.) I'd have thrashed him to within an inch of his life, but I didn't have a tape measure. (Go West; writing credit: Irving Brecher) | |
Lyrics | No scale can measure (More Than A Woman; performing artist: Aaliyah) I was lost, and measure for measure, (Rock N Roll Nigger; performing artist: Patti Smith) How you measure a rapper what make an MC great (Freakin It; performing artist: Will Smith) | |
Clever | Measure men around the heart. (references; author: Old Proverb) The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. (references; author: unknown) The measure of a man is not the number of servants he has, but the number of people he serves. (references; author: unknown) Don't measure your life by how many breaths you take, measure it by how many times you get your breath taken away. (references; author: unknown) When God takes measure of a man, I've often heard it said, He always measures 'round the heart, but never 'round the head. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | A missing mixture measure. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Measure of a Man (1962) The Measure of a Man (1924) Ballot Measure 9 (1995) The Measure of Your Passage (1993) | |
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 | Shows photo of young boy receiving the Schick Test from a doctor. Boy is accompanied by mother and younger sibling (1915). (the test is a measure of immunity to diphtheria). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | The Hubble telescope has been used successfully to measure the diameters of a special class of ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Off to measure a base with Invar tape Party of C. G. Quillian. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Station NIU during reobservation of World Longitude stations Looking for evidence of continental drift Instruments too crude to measure small earth movements Astro party of Joseph Lushene. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Although few blue crabs in 1999, some grew to large size. A six-inch ruler was not long enough to measure these crabs caught in the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Acoustic sensors used with net mensurations system -- sensors measure depth and opening of trawl net. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | LIDAR measurement emanating from Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) Building . This instrument is used to measure stratospheric clouds. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | NMFS samplers ready to weigh and measure anglers' catches. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | This image shows a control site at the Mona Island reef. Control sites were selected at random to measure conditions of the reef outside the impacted area. Control sites help scientists determine the success of the restoration effort by later comparing conditions at the control site with those within the restoration areas. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Workers measure the extent of oiling after the blowout. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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| "Measure glass" by Jorge Oliveira Commentary: "A measure glass in the scanner." | "Measure" by Megan Brock Commentary: "Tape." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Camille Desmoulins | Clemency is also a revolutionary measure. |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor's done. |
F. L. Lucan | Might was the measure of right. |
F.d. Rossini | The ability to measure is one of man's greatest capabilities. |
Horace | There is measure in all things. |
James Barron Hope | `Tis after death that we measure men. |
James Russell Lowell | The idol is the measure of the worshipper. |
Old Proverb | Measure men around the heart. |
Thomas Hobbes | In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Let there be one measure of wine throughout our whole realm; and one measure of ale; and one measure of corn, to wit, "the London quarter"; and one width of cloth (whether dyed, or russet, or "halberget"), to wit, two ells within the selvedges; of weights also let it be as of measures. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity, which is that measure God has set to the actions of men, for their mutual security; and so he becomes dangerous to mankind, the tye, which is to secure them from injury and violence, being slighted and broken by him. (Second Treatise of Government) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Nevertheless, as a provisional measure, only representatives of Great Britain, France, Italy and Roumania shall constitute this Commission. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Measure this sweep of wing which reaches from Moliere to Barra |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | At most, by an alms given to a beggar whose blessing he fled from, he might hope wearily to win for himself some measure of actual grace |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Her Majesty and those who attended her were beyond measure delighted with my demeanor |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Find out how you can measure quality. (references) | |
An audiologist can measure your hearing. (references) | ||
Some devices measure air flow electronically. (references) | ||
Business | Meters have long been used to measure water use by industry. (references) | |
Theses measure seek to promote the sector's sound but paced development. (references) | ||
If possible, disposable products are normally reused as a cost-saving measure. (references) | ||
Children | Cape Verde | Some observers see this measure as discriminatory, and therefore a violation of the Constitution. (references) |
Guatemala | Most estimates indicated that reports of child abuse continue to increase, although there are few statistics available to measure the problem. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | The Government has justified the measure as a means to combat Islamist influence on campus. (references) |
Economic History | Benin | Benin is a democracy by any measure. (references) |
Tunisia | THERE IS NO INFORMATION YET AVAILABLE ON THE SUCCESS OF THIS MEASURE. (references) | |
Barbados | Nevertheless, Barbados always enjoyed a large measure of local autonomy. (references) | |
Human Rights | El Salvador | That measure expired in February. (references) |
Malaysia | As of November, the Government had detained 1,820 persons under this measure. (references) | |
Ukraine | Instead courts increasingly have imposed restrictions on travel outside a given area as an alternative measure to pretrial confinement. (references) | |
Minorities | Argentina | Since its implementation, this measure reportedly has had considerable success in reducing discriminatory acts and behavior at soccer matches. (references) |
Japan | In March 1999, the Osaka Prefectural Assembly passed a measure granting permanent residents local suffrage, becoming the third prefecture to pass such a bill. (references) | |
Political Economy | SOUTH AFRICA | The measure boosted personal disposable income by R8.3 billion. (references) |
Political Rights | Bhutan | Voting is by secret ballot, with a simple majority needed to pass a measure. (references) |
Jordan | Opponents of the measure claim that the consolidations are an attempt to undermine the strength of Islamist parties in local government, and that it will weaken the democratic process at the municipal level by reducing the number of locally elected officials. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | On December 23, the Chamber of Deputies approved a measure that would allow presidential reelection (a provision that was abolished following then-President Joaquin Balaguer's disputed reelection in 1994) and would extend the term of the incumbent legislature for 2 years until 2004. The Senate approved the measure the following day. (references) | |
Trade | Bolivia | Retail packages must show weight or measure of contents in metric units. (references) |
Argentina | The plots in the FTZ measure 15m x 50m, which is equivalent to 750 m2 of surface. (references) | |
Kenya | Weights and measure indicators must be in metric form or both metric and imperial forms. (references) | |
Women | Tunisia | Violence against women occurs, but there are no comprehensive statistics to measure its extent. (references) |
Central African Republic | Some women reportedly tolerate abuse to retain a measure of financial security for themselves and their children. (references) | |
Argentina | However, few official statistics on these crimes are available, so any accurate measure of the problems is difficult. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Papua New Guinea | Unionized workers have some measure of protection in such situations. (references) |
China | During the year the Government continued to conduct public education campaigns against trafficking as a preventive measure. (references) | |
Nicaragua | In January 2000, Mil Colores, a textile factory, asked the Ministry of Labor for permission to fire 50 workers as a money-saving measure. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religion, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it. We must awake Man's spirit from his sin, And take some special measure for redeeming it; Though hard indeed the task to get it in Among the angels any way but teaming it, Or purify it otherwise than steaming it. I'm awkward at Redemption -- a beginner: My method is to crucify the sinner. Golgo Brone |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Donald Rumsfeld | You know, I really didn't have an expectation, because it is so different, it is so totally different from anything this country's ever had to do that there wasn't any bar to measure ourselves against. What we knew we had to do was hard. |
John Ashcroft | We have asked for more money and more agents, but I think, in significant measure, that's to improve our capacity in the terrorism area. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Sanctioned by your approving voice and by that of your representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me, uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | But I may say with truth my errors have been of the understanding, not of intention, and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | By this measure, so promptly taken, due respect was shown to the Government of Spain. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This measure has produced many salutary consequences. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | Every measure tending to strengthen the fraternal feelings of all the members of our Union has had my heartfelt approbation. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | For today the state of the Union depends, in large measure, upon the state of the world. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Let us measure what we will do for others by what they will do for themselves. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Any cost in lives is beyond our power to measure. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | An idea enobled by the faith that our nation can summon from it's myriad diversity the deepest measure of measure of unity. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Yet our government will take every possible measure to safeguard our country and our people. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Measure" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.83% of the time. "Measure" is used about 5,945 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.83% | 4,092 | 2,405 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 24.37% | 1,448 | 5,577 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.69% | 398 | 14,032 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.12% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,945 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "measure". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Almodad | N/A | Biblical | Measure of God |
| Elmodam | N/A | Biblical | The God of measure |
| Madai | N/A | Biblical | A measure |
| Madmannah | N/A | Biblical | Measure of a gift |
| Madon | N/A | Biblical | His measure |
| Media | N/A | Biblical | Measure |
| So | N/A | Biblical | A measure for grain |
| Ziklag | N/A | Biblical | Measure pressed down |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "measure": a measure of whisky ♦ adequate measure ♦ anti takeover measure ♦ Arcual measure of an angle ♦ as a measure of ♦ belief measure ♦ better beyond measure ♦ beyond measure ♦ Binary measure ♦ biological control measure ♦ board measure ♦ capacity measure ♦ cautionary measure ♦ circular measure ♦ Cloth measure ♦ common measure ♦ complexity measure ♦ corrective measure ♦ cubic measure ♦ defensive measure ♦ denial measure ♦ desperate measure ♦ Dry measure ♦ economy measure ♦ effective measure ♦ face measure ♦ fill the measure of ♦ for good measure ♦ full measure ♦ fundamental measure ♦ give smb. a full measure ♦ give smb. a good measure ♦ Haakon Dahl measure ♦ Half measure ♦ he knows no measure ♦ Hoppus measure ♦ in a great measure ♦ in a measure ♦ in full measure ♦ in great measure ♦ in some measure ♦ information measure ♦ interlocutory measure ♦ Land measure ♦ line measure ♦ Lineal measure ♦ linear measure ♦ liquid measure ♦ long measure ♦ made to measure ♦ measure another's corn by one's own bushel ♦ measure another's foot by one's own last ♦ measure establishing privileged access ♦ measure exactly ♦ measure for good measure ♦ measure for measure ♦ measure having equivalent effect ♦ measure of capacity ♦ measure of central tendency ♦ measure of distance ♦ measure of length ♦ measure off ♦ measure one's length ♦ measure one's skill with ♦ measure one's strength ♦ measure one's words ♦ measure out ♦ measure swords ♦ measure swords with ♦ measure swords with smb. ♦ measure up ♦ measure up to ♦ measure up to one's task ♦ measure up to smb. ♦ measure up to smth. ♦ measure up with ♦ measure up with smth. ♦ measure with one's eye ♦ measure wrongly ♦ metric measure ♦ out of all measure ♦ passing measure ♦ passive measure ♦ passive protection measure ♦ Pearson measure of skewness ♦ precautionary measure ♦ preparatory measure ♦ quadruple measure ♦ quarter girt measure ♦ quarter girth measure ♦ R&D measure ♦ recall measure ♦ remedial measure ♦ research and development measure ♦ retaliatory measure ♦ safety measure ♦ short measure ♦ solid measure ♦ square measure ♦ standard measure ♦ strong measure. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "measure": measure-for-measure, measure-valued. | |
Ending with "measure": a-measure, counter-measure, i-measure, made-to-measure, tape-measure. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "measure"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | metër shirit (tape line, tape measure), matje (measurement, mensuration), mat (checkmate, mat, Matt, mete, size, span, weigh), masë (bar, body, Gage, gauge, heft, mass, measurement, populace, rate, scads, scale, size, ton), mas (admeasure, determine, fit on, mete, size, span, weigh), vlerësoj (appraise, appreciate, assess, balance, calculate, cost, esteem, estimate, evaluate, judge, prise, prize, put, rate, value, weigh), shkallë (accommodation ladder, caliber, calibre, degree, flight, gauge, gradations, grade, ladder, level, notch, peg, phase, pitch, point, rate, rating, remove, scale, stadium, stair, staircase, stairway), përmasë (dimension, format, scantling), njehsoj (compute, count, gauge, take the gauge of), njësi matëse (module), kufi (abutment, ambit, border, borderline, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, butting, ceiling, compass, demarcation, division, edge, end, frontier, hedge, line, margin, Mark, mete, radius, razor edge, stint, terminus), i marr masat, enë me masë, çmoj (admire, appraise, appreciate, apprise, apprize, assess, evaluate, prise, prize, rate, value). (various references) | |
Arabic | قوم (adjust, appraise, assess, calibrate, correct, esteem, estimate, evaluate, folk, guess, horde, nation, people, prize, rate, reckon, rectify, reform, straighten, value), القاسم (denominator, divisor), جرعة (dosage, dose, drench, drink, gulp, mouthful, nip, potion, pull, swallow), ذرع (traverse), ضبط (accuracy, adjust, check, control, dam, detect, exactitude, frame, govern, inspect, monitor, police, preciseness, precision, punctuality, regularize, regulate, regulation, rightness, school, set, setting, square, strictness, test, tune, tuning), تفعيل, حجم (bulk, dimension, extent, flinch, format, funk, gage, girth, magnitude, measurement, proportion, refrain, size, volume), وسيلة (appliance, connection, connexion, contrivance, device, engine, expedience, expediency, expedient, facility, in a way, instrument, instrumentation, intermediary, makeshift, mean, modality, resource, string, tactic, twist), قدر (afford, amount, appraise, appreciate, assess, assume, be able to, be capable of, believe, can, consider, cost, count, deal, degree, esteem, estimate, evaluate, guess, lot, magnitude, manage to, number, predestination, predestine, predetermine, presume, prize, proportion, quantity, rate, size, suppose, think, treasure, value, volume), بعد (after, dimension, distance, following, hereafter, next, next to, post, proportion, remoteness, yet), قسط (installment, instalment, quantity, ration), اجرا (execution), قياس (gauge, measurement, size), قياس المكعبات (cubage), نظام (arrangement, array, bylaw, cosmos, discipline, framework, limitation, method, order, orderliness, organism, organization, prescript, rank, regulation, setup, shape, system), نظام مقاييس (measurement), نظم (adjust, arrange, array, bed, cast, code, codify, collocate, compose, construct, control, dispose, fix, form, groom, lay, line, marshal, mastermind, order, organize, plan, poetize, put in order, put things straight, reform, regiment, regulate, regulation, right, seed, settle, shape, shuffle, sort, spruce up, stage, streamline, systematize, verse), مقدار (magnitude, number, proportion, quantity, volume), مقياس الطول, ميزان موسقيي, كمية (amount, deal, magnitude, number, quantity, size, volume), قاس (austere, callous, concrete, cruel, cutthroat, drastic, firm, gauge, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, inclement, inflexible, merciless, pitiless, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, ruthless, scale, severe, solid, standardize, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, tape, tough, try on, unfeeling, unkind, unyielding). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мярката ми е, изминавам (cover, elapse, lap, log, make, ride), измервам (survey), постановление (act, constitution, decree, ordinance, prescript, provision, rule, ruling), преброждам (roam, rove, scour, tramp, wander), премервам (fit on, size up, try on, weigh, weigh out), прекосявам (cross, pass over, pass through, traverse), преценявам (adjudge, appraise, assess, estimate, figure, gauge, judge, price, put, rate, weigh, weigh up), единица (entity, unit, unity), закон (act, decree, law, prescript, principle, regulation, statute), мащаб (calibre, gauge, scale), мерило (metewand, plumb line, standard, test, touchstone, yardstick), мероприятие, меря (dial, mete, scale, take measures, weigh), делител (divider, divisor, factor), танц (dance, hop, pas), размерите ми са, размери (bulk, dimensions, magnitude, measurements, proportions, size), размер (ambit, amount, compass, dimension, extent, gauge, limit, mass, percentage, rate, scale, size, volume), разпределям (admeasure, allocate, allot, apportion, assort, deal out, dispense, distribute, give out, map out, parcel out, part, plot, serve out, share out, slice, sort), раздавам (administer, administrate, allot, apportion, deal out, dispense, distribute, give away, give out, hand about, hand out, mete out, parcel out, pass out), мяра, такт (address, bar, cadence, cycle, diplomacy, management, movement, poise, savoir faire, savvy, tact, time), мярка (bundle, gauge, measurement, rate, remedy, size, step, yardstick), критерий (criterion, gauge, hallmark, metewand, plumb line, standard, test, yardstick), количество (amount, deal, number, percentage, quantity, quantum, volume), вземам мярка на, оценявам (appraise, assess, estimate, evaluate, judge, price, put, rate, recognize, tariff, value), отмервам (admeasure, tell off, time, vibrate), стъпка (footfall, footstep, move, numbers, pace, pitch, remove, step, track, tread), ритъм (cadence, lilt, movement, pulse, rhythm). (various references) | |
Catalan | mida (measurement). (various references) | |
Chinese | 措施 (step). (various references) | |
Czech | míra (amount, degree, extent, Gage, gauge, measurement, pole, proportion, rate, scale). (various references) | |
Danish | mål (aim, goal, measurement, purpose, target), måle. (various references) | |
Dutch | meten (compute). (various references) | |
Esperanto | mezuro (measurement), mezuri, esti longa. (various references) | |
Faeroese | máta, mála (paint). (various references) | |
Farsi | حد (Confine, Deal, Extent, Limit, Margin, Mark, Period, Precinct, Provenance, Quantity, Tract), درامدن (Burgeon, Enter, Erupt), درجه (Alloy, Degree, Gauge, Gradation, Grade, Length, Mark, Peg, Point, Proportion, Stair, Step, Thermometer), شعر (Poem, Poesy, Poetry, Rhyme, Rime, Song, Verse), اقدام (Action, Emprise, Esteem, Move, Ploy), اندازه (Bulk, Deal, Dimension, Extent, Gauge, Indicator, Limit, Quantity, Scale, Size, Span, Tract), اندازه گرفتن (Gauge, Span), بحر, سنجیدن (Assay, Counterweight, Deliberate, Essay, Evaluate, Meter, Ponder, Try, Weigh), پیمانه کردن (Gauge), واحد (One, Plank, Single, Unit, Unity, Univalent), مقیاس (Criterion, Gauge, Indicator, Meter, Scale, Yardstick), میزان (Adjustment, Balance, Criterion, Meter, Remedy, Rhythm, Scale, Unit, Yardstick), پایه (Base, Basis, Bedrock, Buttress, Cantilever, Column, Degree, Ground, Groundwork, Leg, Mark, Mount, Outrigger, Phase, Pillar, Prop, Root, Sill, Stage, Stalk, Stanchion, Status, Stock, Stratum), پیمانه (Bushel, Gauge, Mete, Yardstick), اندازه نشان دادن . (various references) | |
Finnish | mitata (gauge, pace off, survey). (various references) | |
French | mesurer, mesure (measurement, meter, metering, metre), jauger, évaluer. (various references) | |
Frisian | ôfmjitte. (various references) | |
German | Maß (amount, degree, dimension, extent, gage, gauge, measurement, moderation, rule), messen (compete, gage, gauge, measure off, measuring, mete, meter, sound, take, time, to gauge, to measure, to mete), Maßnahme (action, move, sanction, step), Maßeinheit (measurement, scale unit, standard, unit of measurement), abmessen (measure off, measure up, to gauge, to measure off, weigh). (various references) | |
Greek | μέτρο (gauge, measurement, meter, metre, standard), μετρώ (count, count up, gauge, meter, take measures). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להעריך (appraise, assess, comment, criticize, estimate, evaluate, set store by, size up, value), ספורה (counting), כמות (amount, quantity, volume), חוק (act, custom, decree, enactment, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute), אמצעי (aid, expedient, facility, implement, indirectly, mean, means, median, medium, mid, middle, organ, resort, resource, resources, step, steppingstone, tool), קנה מדה (criterion, measuring rod, scale, standard), שעור (coordinate, estimation, installment, lesson, limit, norm, pitch, portion, proportion, rate, ratio, size), תכלה (completeness, end, limit, purpose), סרגל מדה (scale), לצין (designate, mark out, point out, quote, specify), ממד (bulk, dimension, extent, measurement, mensuration), לכיל (calibrate, titrate), למדוד (gauge), מד (gauge, indicator), מדה (character, degree, dimension, extent, feature, footage, manner, measurement, norm, qualification, qualifications, size), מדידה (fitting, measurement, mensuration, survey), משורה (tube), מתכונת (format, lay out, layout, measurement, number, proportion, scale, scheme, standard, tale), תקנה (improvement, ordinance, reform, regulation, remedy, rule). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mérték (cadence, cadency, extent, gage, gauge, mark, measurement, quantity, rate, scale, standard, test), méret (extent, gage, gauge, magnitude, measurement, scale, size), intézkedés (action, arrangements, despatch, dispatch, dispose, disposition, ordination, provision, purview), fok (Cape, degree, extent, grade, head, notch, phase, rate, remove, stage), rendszabály (regulation), osztó (dealer, divider, divisional, divisor, tally), mértékegység (unit, yard), mérőrúd (pole), mérőedény, lépés (footfall, footstep, gambit, move, pace, step, stride, tread), ütem (bar, beat, cadence, lilt, metre, numbers, rhythm, stave, stroke, tact, tempo). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengukur (engrave, fathom, quantify), ukuran (calibre, dimension, gauge, norm, size), tindakan (action, duplicate, step). (various references) | |
Italian | misura (bar, bounds, fitting, Gage, gauge, gauging, limit, measurement, moderation, proportion, size, step, time), misurare (estimate, Gage, gauge, judge, limit, mete, moderate, overconfident, survey, test, try on, weight). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 措置 (step), 施策 (policy), 升目 (box, square), 丈 (all, as, height, just, length, only, stature). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たけ (all, another family, bamboo, height, length, middle, mountain, peak, stature), メジャー (major), しさく (composition of a poem, experiment, meditation, policy, speculation, stay, thinking, trial manufacture), しゅだん (means, way), そち (governor, my son, son, step), ひとふし (a joint, a tune, a verse, note, paragraph, passage, section, stanza, strain), ますめ (box, square), ます (sea trout, to grow, to increase, trout, unit of volume), かげん (addition and subtraction, adjustment, allowance for, chance, condition, degree, extent, flavor, flowery words, good words, influence, last quarter, lower limit, moderation, reticence, seasoning, source of misfortune, state of health, taciturnity, wise saying), いっせつ (a joint, a tune, a verse, another report, note, paragraph, passage, section, stanza, strain), やくすう, ものさし (ruler), けいそく (measurement), はかり (measurements, scales, weighing, weighing machine, weight). (various references) | |
Korean | 측정 (Gaging, gauging, measuring). (various references) | |
Manx | towse pabyragh (paper measure), towse liauyr (long measure), towse kioobagh (cubic measure), towse chummit (heaped measure), stundayrt (norm, standard, yard, yard measure), rybban towsh (tape measure), lieh-howse (half measure). (various references) | |
Maya | piis (to measure). (various references) | |
Mohawk | -te'nyentenhstha' (to measure). (various references) | |
Norwegian | mål (aim, gauge, goal, measurement, purpose, target). (various references) | |
Papiamen | midi, midí (measurement). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | easuremay.(various references) | |
Polish | przymierzyć (take one's measure for). (various references) | |
Portuguese | medida (admeasurement, dimension, gage, gauge, measurement, mensuration, meterage, size, standard, step), medir (chain, dial, gage, gauge, mete, pin down, scale, times). (various references) | |
Romanian | mãsurã (action, amount, arrangement, bar, beat, degree, dimension, extent, length, measurement, out size, proceeding, rate, reservation, rhythm, size, sobriety, step, steps, time), mãsura (admeasure, curb, estimate, fathom, gauge, measure off, measure out, mensurate, mete out, overshoot the mark, survey), mãrime (bigwig, bulk, dimensions, extent, greatness, magnitude, proportion, quantity, scale, size, volume), lua mãsurã (take the measurements of), a-şi mãsura (weigh), aprecia (appraise, appreciate, assess, consider, deem, determine, estimate, feel, gauge, guess, judge, prize, put, rate, reckon, score, see, value, weigh), cântãri (appraise, appreciate, balance, estimate, examine, value, weigh), capacitate (ability, capability, capaciousness, capacity, competence, content, efficiency, fitness, gift, mastermind, output, power, talent, tankage, volume), cumpãni (balance, consider, dangle, equipoise, hesitate, ponder, rock, waver, weigh), dimensiune (dimension, scale, size), dimensiuni (stature), evalua (appraise, appreciate, assess, compute, cost, estimate, evaluate, guess, put, rate, value, weigh), întindere (area, compass, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field, flatting, length, pull up, reach, scope, space, spread, stretch, stretching, surface, sweep, width), forţã (drive, energy, force, greatness, influence, locomotive power, might, mightiness, nerve, potency, power, punch, sinew, strength, stress, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, weight), volum (book, bulk, capacity, content, size, tome, volume), proporţie (height, percentage, proportion, rate, ratio, scale), proporţii (amplitude, extent, proportion, scope, size), putere (authority, backbone, capacity, degree, depth, energy, force, greatness, hold, in, jurisdiction, keenness, masterdom, mastery, might, mightiness, nerve, pith, potency, power, puissance, punch, reign, resistance, right, rulership, sap, stamina, steam, strength, sturdiness, sway, vigor, vigorousness, vigour, vim), stabili (appoint, arrange, ascertain, assess, calm, clinch, conclude, constitute, decree, determine, erect, establish, fix, institute, introduce, lay down, Lodge, nail down, name, nominate, regulate, set, set out, settle, spot, state, verify), unitate de mãsurã (unit), face o mãsurãtoare. (various references) | |
Russian | соответствовать (agree, answer, be followed in, be matched by, check with, cohere, coincide, comport, conform, conform with, correspond, correspond to, correspond with, jump with, match, measure up, parallel, pertain to), смерить, размер (caliber, calibre, dimension, extent, format, proportions, rate, rhythm, scale, size, sizings), обмерить, мерка (size, yardstick), мероприятие, мера (efforts, gauge), масштаб (caliber, calibre, gauge, scale), предел (ambit, bound, butting, circumference, confine, deadline, flash point, limit, precinct, scope, stint, term, tether, threshold), измерять мера, измерять (conduct measurements, determine, make measurements, mete, size up), делитель (denominator, divider, divisor). (various references) | |
Scottish | tomhas (a measure, moderation), tomhais (guess, solve, unriddle). (various references) | |
Sepedi | lentitekanyo (tape measure). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | meriti (veigh), merilo (criterion, gauge, norm, value, yardstick), mera (gauge, measurement, module, provision, rate, step), takt (beat, tact, tempo, time signature), premeriti (survey), odmeriti (apportion, gauge, mete, weigh, weigh out), oceniti (appraise, assess, evaluate, gauge, grade, judge, mark), izmeriti (gauge, take, weigh), imati dimenzije. (various references) | |
Spanish | medida (action, arrangement, Jigger, measurement, mensuration, meter, meterage, metering, metre, step), medir (Gage, gauge, measure off, measure out, meter, metre, plot, span, stand, to measure off). (various references) | |
Swahili | cheo (grade, measurement, rank, rate). (various references) | |
Swazi | ku-linganîsa (to measure). (various references) | |
Swedish | mått (dimensions, measurement, measures, scantling, scoop, size), takt (address, bar, beat, delicacy, discretion, finesse, grace, pace, rate, stroke, tact, time), mäta (stand, tape), åtgärd (arrangements, intervention, move). (various references) | |
Thai | เกินกว่าจะวัดได้ (beyond measure), หน่วยวัดของเหลว (liquid measure). (various references) | |
Turkish | miktar (amount, deal, number, portion, proportion, quanta, quantitative, quantity, quantum, sum, supply), vezin (meter, metre, prosody, rhythm), tedbir (caution, cautiousness, discretion, expedient, foresight, forethought, hedge, policy, precaution, protection, Providence, sparingness, step), tartmak (balance, debate with oneself, deliberate, Gage, gauge, scale, weigh, weigh out), süzmek (bolt, clarify, contemplate, drain, eye, filter, filtrate, infiltrate, Leach, percolate, settle, strain), oran (incidence, percentage, proportion, rate, ratio, relation), had (boundary, extremity, limit, limitation, stint), dikkatle bakmak (eye, look carefully, observe, peer), ayarlamak (adjust, arrange, assay, budget, calibrate, collimate, draw up, fix up, gear, justify, lay on, proportion, regularize, regulate, reset, scale, set, Square, standardize, syntonize, time, tone, trim, tune), önlem (clampdown, countermeasure, diligence, expedient, foresight, forethought, hedge, maneuver, manoeuvre, policy, precaution, prevention, preventive, protection, provision, sparingness, step), ölçmek (clock, evaluate, gauge, mete, meter, perambulate, survey, take, take the range), ölçek (bushel, guess stick, quarter, scale), ölçüsünü almak, ölçüm (estimate, evaluation, indication, measurement, metage, reading), ölçü (dimension, dimensions, extent, foot rule, gauge, measurement, meter, metre, prosody, scale, size, standard, stint, test). (various references) | |
Turkmen | цlзemek, цlзeg (size), зen (situation), зak (degree, way). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ступінь (cascade, degree, grade, notch, pitch, remove), відміряти (admeasure, mark off, mete), міряти, мірка (yardstick), міра (degree, extent, gauge), масштаб (area, caliber, calibre, gauge, scale, scope, zodiac), знімати мірку (take smb.'s measure, take smb.'s measurements). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thước đo phương sách, sự đo lường (measurement), sự đo, phạm vi (bound, context, demesne, diapason, extent, line, scale, scope, way), giới hạn (abutment, abuttal, diapason, limit, reserve, restrictive, term), chừng mức tiêu chuẩn để đánh giá, cái để xét, cái để đánh giá, biện pháp (mean, meant), đơn vị đo lường. (various references) | |
Welsh | mesur (bill, mete, meter, tune). (various references) | |
Yucatec | p'isik (weigh). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ita. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | metron. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | commoda, commodum, mensa, mensae, mensam, mensamque, mensarum, mensas, mensi, mensis, mensura, mensurabiles, mensurabis, mensurae, mensuram, mensuramque, mensurari, mensuras, mensuravit, mensuris, mensus, metiantur, metiar, metiemini, metiens, metientes, metientur, metieris, metietur, metire, metiretur, metiri, metitus, metri, moderor, modiae, modis, modo, modos, modulus, modum, modus. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | mensurare. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | gemet. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | ryme. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 26, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de pauloV eipen euxaimhn an tw qew kai en oligw kai en pollw ou monon se alla kai pantaV touV akouontaV mou shmeron genesqai toioutouV opoioV kagw eimi parektoV twn desmwn toutwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et Paulus opto apud Deum et in modico et in magno non tantum te sed et omnes hos qui audiunt hodie fieri tales qualis et ego sum exceptis vinculis his |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Poul seide, Y desire anentis God, bothe in litil and in greet, not oneli thee, but alle these that heren to dai, to be maad sich as Y am, outakun these boondis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Paul sayd: I wolde to God that not only thou: but also all that heare me to daye were not sumwhat only but altogeder soche as I am except these bondes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 26, Verse 29 |
| Albanian | Pali i tha: ''Dhëntë Perëndia që në pak ose në shumë kohë jo vetëm ti, por edhe të gjithë ata që sot po më dëgjojnë, të bëhen të tillë, sikurse jam unë, përveç këtyre zinxhirëve''. |
| Cebuano | Ug si Pablo mitubag kaniya, "Madali o madugay, ang akong pangamuyo sa Dios mao nga dili lamang ikaw ra kondili usab ang tanang nakadungog kanako karong adlawa mahimo untang ingon kanako-- walay labut hinoon niining mga talikala." |
| Chinese | 保 羅 說 、 無 論 是 少 勸 、 是 多 勸 、 我 向 神 所 求 的 、 不 但 你 一 個 人 、 就 是 今 天 一 切 聽 我 的 、 都 要 像 我 一 樣 、 只 是 不 要 像 我 有 這 些 鎖 鍊 。 |
| Croatian | Pavao pak: "Dao Bog te i za malo i za mnogo, ne samo ti nego i svi koji me danas slušaju postali ovakvima kakav sam ja, osim ovih okova!" |
| Danish | Men Paulus sagde: "Jeg vilde ønske til Gud, enten der fattes lidet eller meget, at ikke alene du, men også alle, som høre mig i Dag, måtte blive sådan, som jeg selv er, på disse Lænker nær." |
| Dutch | En Paulus zeide: Ik wenste wel van God, dat, en bijna en geheellijk, niet alleen gij, maar ook allen, die mij heden horen, zodanigen wierden, gelijk als ik ben, uitgenomen deze banden. |
| Finnish | Mutta Paavali sanoi: "Toivoisin Jumalalta, että, olipa vähällä tai paljolla, et ainoastaan sinä, vaan myös kaikki te, jotka minua tänään kuulette, tulisitte semmoisiksi, kuin minä olen, näitä kahleita lukuunottamatta". |
| French | Paul répondit: Que ce soit bientôt ou que ce soit tard, plaise à Dieu que non seulement toi, mais encore tous ceux qui m`écoutent aujourd`hui, vous deveniez tels que je suis, à l`exception de ces liens! |
| German | Paulus aber sprach: Ich wünschte vor Gott, es fehle nun an viel oder an wenig, daß nicht allein du, sondern alle, die mich heute hören, solche würden, wie ich bin, ausgenommen diese Bande. |
| Hungarian | Pál pedig monda: Kívánnám Istentõl, hogy necsak majdnem, hanem nagyon is, ne csak te, hanem mindazok is, kik ma engem hallgatnak, lennétek olyanok, a minõ én is vagyok, e bilincsektõl megválva. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Dalam waktu yang singkat atau dalam waktu yang panjang," jawab Paulus, "saya berdoa kepada Allah supaya Baginda dan Tuan-tuan semuanya yang mendengarkan saya hari ini dapat menjadi seperti saya--kecuali belenggu ini, tentunya!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sembah Paulus, "Patik pohonkan kepada Allah bahwa lambat dengan bangatnya bukannya Tuanku sahaja, melainkan segala orang yang sudah mendengar patik pada hari ini juga, boleh menjadi sama seperti patik ini, kecuali belenggu ini." |
| Italian | E Paolo: «Per poco o per molto, io vorrei supplicare Dio che non soltanto tu, ma quanti oggi mi ascoltano diventassero così come sono io, eccetto queste catene!». |
| Latvian | Un Pâvils sacîja: Lai Dievs dod, ka ne tikai gandrîz, bet pilnîgi nevien tu, bet arî visi, kas dzird, ðodien kïûtu tâdi, kâds es esmu, tikai bez ðîm vaþâm. |
| Maori | Na ko te meatanga a Paora, Pai tonu kia inoi ahau ki te Atua kia kaua e iti, engari kia tino nui, kia kaua ano e waiho i tou kotahi, engari kia tino rite ki ahau te hunga katoa e whakarongo nei ki ahau inaianei: ko enei mekameka ia kia kore. |
| Norwegian | Paulus sa da: Jeg vilde ønske til Gud, enten det mangler lite eller meget, at ikke alene du, men også alle som hører mig idag, måtte bli slik som jeg er, bare uten disse lenker. |
| Portuguese | Respondeu Paulo: Prouvera a Deus que, ou por pouco ou por muito, não somente tu, mas também todos quantos hoje me ouvem, se tornassem tais qual eu sou, menos estas cadeias. |
| Rumanian | ,,Fie curknd, fie tkrziu``, a rqspuns Pavel, ,,sq dea Dumnezeu ca nu numai tu, ci toyi ceice mq ascultq astq zi, sq fiyi awa cum sknt eu, afarq de lanyurile acestea.`` |
| Shuar | Tutai Papru Tímiayi "Tura Ishichík chichamjaisha Untsurí chichamjaisha, amesha uunt Akripia, tura Ashí winia anturtukurmena nu, wijiai métek Ajasúk tusan wakerajai. Tura antsu wia Núnisan Jinkiámua Núnaka wakeratsjai" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Y Pablo dijo: --¡Quisiera Dios que, por poco o por mucho, no solamente tú sino también todos los que hoy me escuchan fueseis hechos como yo, salvo estas cadenas! |
| Swahili | Paulo akamjibu, "Namwomba Mungu kwamba, kwa muda mfupi au mrefu, si wewe tu bali wote wanaonisikia leo wapate kuwa kama nilivyo mimi, lakini bila hii minyororo." |
| Uma | Na'uli' Paulus: "Hi tempo to hangkale'liu ba tempo to mahae, mekakae-a hi Alata'ala bona Magau' hante hawe'ea to mpo'epe lolita-ku eo toe lau jadi' hewa aku' toi. Sampale-wadi pohoo' tohe'i-e, neo' mporata-koi." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "measure": measured, measuredly, measureless, measurement, measurements, measurer, measurers, measures. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "measure": admeasure, countercountermeasure, countermeasure, premeasure, remeasure. (additional references) | |
Words containing "measure": admeasured, admeasurement, admeasurements, admeasures, countercountermeasures, countermeasures, mismeasurement, mismeasurements, premeasured, premeasures, remeasured, remeasurement, remeasurements, remeasures, unmeasured. (additional references) | |
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"Measure" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ameasure, ceasure, Keisure, macure, maesure, Masajuro, Masayrek, Masiura, massure, masur, Masurel, Masuria, Mazure, Mazuri, meashure, measur, Measurex, measurs, meaure, Mensur, merauke, messere, messure, mesure, mesuree, Moucure, Muhabura. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "measure" (pronounced me"zher) |
| 3 | -e" zh er | displeasure, leisure, pleasure, treasure. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: ameers, amuser, ramees, reseau, resume, seamer, urease. | |
-2 letters: ameer, amuse, arums, aures, emeus, erase, mares, marse, maser, meres, muras, mures, muser, ramee, ramus, reams, reuse, saree, serum, smear, urase, ureas, ursae. | |
-3 letters: amus, ares, arms, arse, arum, ears, ease, emes, emeu, emus, eras, maes, mare, mars, mere, mesa, mura, mure, muse, rams, rase. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: marquees, measured, measurer, measures, reassume. | |
+2 letters: admeasure, charmeuse, embrasure, maneuvers, measurers, numerates, rearmouse, reassumed, reassumes, remarques, remeasure, supermale. | |
+3 letters: admeasured, admeasures, augmenters, charmeuses, demeanours, demurrages, embrasures, enumerates, lebensraum, manoeuvres, marquesses, masquerade, maumetries, maunderers, measurable, measuredly, meerschaum, menstruate, mensurable, mercurates, numeracies, prematures, premeasure, presumable, remeasured, remeasures, semiquaver, supermales, unmeasured. | |
+4 letters: accruements, allurements, audiometers, desideratum, drumbeaters, enumerators, housemaster, innumerates, lebensraums, maneuverers, marguerites, marquessate, marquetries, marquisette, masqueraded, masquerader, masquerades, mavourneens, measureless, measurement, meerschaums, menstruated, menstruates, minaudieres, neurilemmas, pentamerous, praemunires, premeasured, premeasures, quarrelsome, rearguments, rehumanizes, remeasuring, remunerates, restimulate, rheumatizes, semiquavers, supermarket, supremacies, temerarious, tetramerous. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Derived from | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Abbreviations 23. Acronyms 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Bibliography |
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