Qu'est-ce (qui) est Measure - définition

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measure

(measures, measuring, measured)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

If you measure the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is.

I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office...

It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.

VERB: V n prep, V n

If you measure a quantity that can be expressed in numbers, such as the length of something, you discover it using a particular instrument or device, for example a ruler.

Measure the length and width of the gap...

VERB: V n

If something measures a particular length, width, or amount, that is its size or intensity, expressed in numbers.

The house is more than twenty metres long and measures six metres in width...

= be

VERB: no cont, V amount

A measure of a particular quality, feeling, or activity is a fairly large amount of it. (FORMAL)

The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government.

N-SING: N of n

If you say that one aspect of a situation is a measure of that situation, you mean that it shows that the situation is very serious or has developed to a very great extent.

That is a measure of how bad things have become at the bank.

N-SING: N of n/wh

When someone, usually a government or other authority, takes measures to do something, they carry out particular actions in order to achieve a particular result. (FORMAL)

The government warned that police would take tougher measures to contain the trouble...

N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N against n

A measure of a strong alcoholic drink such as brandy or whisky is an amount of it in a glass. In pubs and bars, a measure is an official standard amount.

He poured himself another generous measure of malt.

N-COUNT: usu N of n

In music, a measure is one of the several short parts of the same length into which a piece of music is divided. (AM; in BRIT, use bar
)

N-COUNT

10.

If you say that something has changed or that it has affected you beyond measure, you are emphasizing that it has done this to a great extent.

Mankind's knowledge of the universe has increased beyond measure...

PHRASE: PHR after v [emphasis]

11.

If you say that something is done for good measure, you mean that it is done in addition to a number of other things.; If you get or take the measure of someone or something, you discover what they are like, so that you are able to control them or deal with them. If you have the measure of someone or something, you have succeeded in doing this.

I repeated my question for good measure...

The governments of the industrialized world had failed to get the measure of the crisis...

Lili was the only person I knew who had the measure of her brother.

PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR with cl; PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n

12.

If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true. (FORMAL)

Power is in some measure an act of will...

PHRASE: PHR with cl

measure

<testing> To ascertain or appraise by comparing to a standard; to apply a metric. (1996-12-27)

Measure

·noun The space between two bars.

II. Measure ·noun To adjust by a rule or standard.

III. Measure ·adj The act of measuring; measurement.

IV. Measure ·noun Undefined quantity; extent; degree.

V. Measure ·vi To make a measurement or measurements.

VI. Measure ·adj Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.

VII. Measure ·noun Regulated division of Movement.

VIII. Measure ·noun To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.

IX. Measure ·noun The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.

X. Measure ·noun To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.

XI. Measure ·noun To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure;

- often with out or off.

XII. Measure ·vi To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.

XIII. Measure ·noun The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.

XIV. Measure ·noun An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.

XV. Measure ·noun Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.

XVI. Measure ·noun The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.

XVII. Measure ·adj The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.

XVIII. Measure ·noun Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; ·esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.

XIX. Measure ·noun A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.

XX. Measure ·noun The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.

XXI. Measure ·adj A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, ·etc., of two or more numbers.

XXII. Measure ·adj A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.

XXIII. Measure ·noun A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.

XXIV. Measure ·vi To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.

XXV. Measure ·noun To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to Value; to Appraise.