Definition of measure:

• To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.
• Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. Those which are indefinite. ( a) Hok, Isaiah 5:14 , elsewhere " statute." ( b) Mad, Job 11:9 ; Jeremiah 13:25 , elsewhere " garment." ( c) Middah, the word most frequently thus translated, Exodus 26:2 Exodus 26:8 , etc. ( d) Mesurah, Leviticus 19:35 ; 1 Chronicles 23:29 . ( e) Mishpat, Jeremiah 30:11 , elsewhere " judgment." ( f) Mithkoneth and token, Ezek. 45:11 . ( g) In New Testament metron, the usual Greek word thus rendered ( Matthew 7:2 ; 23:32 ; Mark 4:24 ).
• That by which extent or dimension is ascertained, either length, breadth, thickness, capacity, or amount. Webster. The rule by which anything is adjusted or proportioned.
• To find out the extent, size, or volume of; mark out; confine within a limit; give out by a rule; estimate; determine by rule or standard; regulate.
• To ascertain the dimensions of: to adjust: to mark out: to allot.
• To ascertain the dimensions of; adjust; allot.
• To take the dimensions of; weigh; judge.
• To make a measurement or measurements.
• To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
• 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.
• To take dimensions; extend or be of a given length.
• To have a certain extent: to be equal or uniform.
• To have a certain extent.
• have certain dimensions; " This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"
• determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; " Measure the length of the wall"
• To compute or ascertain the extent, size, or capacity of anything by means of a certain unit or standard; to judge of quantity, extent, or greatness; to proportion; to be of a certain extent.
• Geol. Related strata.
• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; " the situation called for strong measures"; " the police took steps to reduce crime"
• the act or process of measuring; " the measurements were carefully done"; " his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
• measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; " the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
• how much there is of something that you can quantify
• 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.
• An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
• 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.
• The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
• Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
• Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
• The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
• Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
• Regulated division of movement
• A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.
• The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
• The space between two bars.
• 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.
• To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
• To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
• To adjust by a rule or standard.
• To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; - often with out or off.
• The standard by which the volume or extent of anything is compared; as, the light given by a candle is the measure by which the power of other light is calculated; size or quantity, determined by the rule or standard; hence, standard of judgment, criticism, etc.; extent, or length, breadth, and thickness of a thing; proportion; a divisor leaving no remainder; as, five is a common measure of ten and fifteen; an instrument or vessel for finding length, quantity, etc.; as, a yard or a quart measure; a system of fixing quantities; as, dry measure, a system of fixing quantities; as, dry measure, etc.; musical time; meter in poetry; a law or a legislative bill; method or step; as, to take measures to accomplish a purpose.
• That by which extent is ascertained or expressed: the extent of anything: a rule by which anything is adjusted: proportion: a stated quantity: degree: extent: moderation: means to an end: metre: musical time.
• Expression, or standard, of extent; extent; stated quantity; degree; moderation; metre; musical time; means to an end.
• The extent of anything.
• A standard, instrument, or vessel of measurement.
• A quantity messured.
• A specific act or course of action; a legislative bill.
• Division of time, as in music; meter, as in verse.
• The extent or dimensions of a thing; that by which extent or dimension is ascertained or expressed; a definite quantity; determined extent; standard; proportion; lot or portion; extent of ability; degree; just degree; moderation; means to an end; that division by which motion in music is regulated; time; metre.
• The whole extent or dimensions of a thing; the unit or standard by which the extent or volume of anything is ascertained; in arith., a division that leaves no remainder; settled or stated quantity; limit; degree; allotment; moderation; metre in poetry; movement regulated by the time of music; stately dance; the division of the time by which the air and motion of music are regulated; any act by which a final object or end may be attained, as a legislative measure; in plu., means to an end; proceedings; in geol., beds or strata.
• The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
• 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.
• 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.
• The act of measuring; measurement.
• Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
• Measureless.

Usage examples for measure

1. Having such a Father with us, how can we be other than in some measure worthy of him?  Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James

2. But would any one believe that he would have carried the country, had he dared to face the country with such a measure in his hands?  Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope

3. Please measure me for a soldier's suit.  The Old Man's Bag by T. W. H. Crosland

4. Why, at least, does it not keep pace, in some measure, with the progress of time?  The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell