Definitions from Wiktionary (measure)
▸ noun: A prescribed quantity or extent.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Moderation, temperance.
▸ noun: A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
▸ noun: An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
▸ noun: The act or result of measuring.
▸ noun: (now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
▸ noun: A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
▸ noun: Any of various standard units of capacity.
▸ noun: A unit of measurement.
▸ noun: The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
▸ noun: (now rare) The act or process of measuring.
▸ noun: A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
▸ noun: (geology) A bed or stratum.
▸ noun: (mathematics, now rare) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
▸ noun: (mathematics, measure theory) A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
▸ noun: Metrical rhythm.
▸ noun: (now archaic) A melody.
▸ noun: (now archaic) A dance.
▸ noun: (poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
▸ noun: (music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.
▸ noun: A course of action.
▸ noun: (in the plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
▸ noun: A piece of legislation.
▸ verb: To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
▸ verb: (stative) To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
▸ verb: To estimate the unit size of something.
▸ verb: To judge, value, or appraise.
▸ verb: To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
▸ verb: (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
▸ verb: To adjust by a rule or standard.
▸ verb: (often with out or off) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.
▸ verb: (transitive) To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.
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▸ noun: A prescribed quantity or extent.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Moderation, temperance.
▸ noun: A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
▸ noun: An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
▸ noun: The act or result of measuring.
▸ noun: (now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
▸ noun: A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
▸ noun: Any of various standard units of capacity.
▸ noun: A unit of measurement.
▸ noun: The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
▸ noun: (now rare) The act or process of measuring.
▸ noun: A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
▸ noun: (geology) A bed or stratum.
▸ noun: (mathematics, now rare) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
▸ noun: (mathematics, measure theory) A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
▸ noun: Metrical rhythm.
▸ noun: (now archaic) A melody.
▸ noun: (now archaic) A dance.
▸ noun: (poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
▸ noun: (music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.
▸ noun: A course of action.
▸ noun: (in the plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
▸ noun: A piece of legislation.
▸ verb: To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
▸ verb: (stative) To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
▸ verb: To estimate the unit size of something.
▸ verb: To judge, value, or appraise.
▸ verb: To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
▸ verb: (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
▸ verb: To adjust by a rule or standard.
▸ verb: (often with out or off) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.
▸ verb: (transitive) To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.
▸ Also see measure
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preventive,
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appropriate,
specific,
protective,
remedial,
necessary,
special,
effective,
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