Used in a Sentence

measure

How to use measure in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for measure.

Editorial note

Gasp!In this world, agency is a privilege that's hard to measure.

Examples23
Definitions13
Parts of speech2

Quick take

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of measure gathered in one view.

noun

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"

noun

how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

noun

a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for measure.

noun

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"

noun

how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

noun

a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"

noun

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"

noun

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"

noun

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"

noun

measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

noun

a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

verb

determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall"

verb

express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?"

verb

have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"

verb

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk"

Example sentences

1

Gasp!In this world, agency is a privilege that's hard to measure.

2

You have an intimate knowledge of Lebesgue measure.

3

Thus, you see a reason to honor Lebesgue by naming measure constructed by him with his name.

4

My own sense is that this one is going to tip toward Microsoft and that we will get some measure of reform here.

5

You also worked a lot with Lebesgue measure, it being an arguably most important measure of them all.

6

Standard deviation tells you how volatile measurements are not what mean deviation is.

7

After all, what does it even mean for a measure to be absolutely continuous with respect to Lebesgue measure.

8

Once you get a working recipe you do not change a thing without a specific plan to thoroughly measure and document the effect of that change.

9

What if I'm just getting a little bit less playful every day?With achievement I feel like you have an internal zero point that you measure from.

10

Hours of schooling are just a proxy measure and not a very good one, but the lack of attention paid to education in this country is a big fucking deal.

11

I would yell at an airman that would get up his chair, walk to the center map and with his rule, measure the distance in miles between the hospital landing pad and the strike.

12

This would be a significant and very practical step toward undercutting a good measure of the power currently held by the trolls.

13

In theory it would be possible to go back through the blockchain and measure/quantify what percentage of newly mined coins in a certain time period are being spent.

14

I know the HN community often stresses what a valuable learning experience this can be but there is no denying that it is a very painful affair by any measure.

15

If you're asked to do something that won't give a reliable measurement of your ability, say so and offer the interviewer a better option.

16

Reading more about this match and Magnus in general, I learned of a measure termed "Nettlesomeness" which has been used to measure which players do the most to make their opponents to make mistakes.

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You can't measure individual productivity well within large organizations, and even if you could, it would strain the fabric of the organization to reward people that way.

18

So, what was all that bullshit about measures and absolute continuity all about?You try to implement an algorithm from the blog post, and, as you finish, one sentence from blog post catches your attention:Repeat steps 3-4.

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However, teaching evaluations dont just measure your ability to give good lectures; they are holistic--meaning, they also measure intangibles, such as the professor's willingness to help students, or his attitude.

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This one isn't showcased so strongly - this isn't a pressing issue by any measure - but they still took the time to respond to it and make a brief, informative, and actually engaging video about it, without some external "we screwed up, sorry" event.

21

How can anyone, including you, know how effective the choice of placebo ingredients are if they aren't disclosed?It doesn't seem an undue burden to ask that the placebo ingredients be documented so that their effect on the study, which is critical by any measure, can be understood.

22

Some of these words, like "measure" or "continuous" make some intuitive sense, but how can "measure" be "continuous" with respect to some other measure, and what the hell is Lebesgue measure anyway?Now, if you're a mathematician, you know that Lebesgue measure in simple cases is just a natural notion of area or volume, but you also know that it's very useful to be able to measure much more complicated sets than just rectangles, polyhedrals, balls, and other similar regular shapes.

23

You also know that if you tried to express the concept defined in a previous sentence, but without using names for measures involved, and a notation for a value a measure assigns to some set, the sentence would come out awkward and complicated, because you would have to say that a measure is absolutely continuous with respect to some other measure, if whenever that other measure assigns a zero value to some set, the value assigned to that set by the first measure must be zero as well.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use measure in a sentence?

Gasp!In this world, agency is a privilege that's hard to measure.

What does measure mean?

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"

What part of speech is measure?

measure is commonly used as noun, verb.