<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures</li><li>a system of measurement: liquid measure</li><li>an instrument, as a graduated rod or a container of standard capacity, for measuring</li><li>the extent, dimensions, quantity, etc., of something, ascertained especially by comparison with a standard: to take the measure of a thing</li><li>the act or process of ascertaining the extent, dimensions, or quantity of something; measurement</li><li>a definite or known quantity measured out: to drink a measure of wine</li><li>any standard of comparison, estimation, or judgment</li><li>a quantity, degree, or proportion: in large measure</li><li>a moderate amount: to live with a measure of enjoyment</li><li>a limit, or an extent or degree not to be exceeded: to know no measure</li><li>reasonable bounds or limits: to know no measure</li><li>a legislative bill or enactment: The senate passed the new measure</li><li>actions or procedures intended as a means to an end: to take measures to avert suspicion</li><li>a short rhythmical movement or arrangement, as in poetry or music</li><li>a metrical unit</li><li>the music contained between two bar lines; bar</li><li>an air or melody</li><li>a slow, dignified dance</li><li>the width, measured in ems or picas, to which a column or page of printed matter is set</li><li>beds; strata</li><li>an abstraction of the property of length; a set function assigning to each set of a collection of sets a value</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to ascertain the extent, dimensions, quantity, capacity, etc., of, especially by comparison with a standard: to measure boundaries</li><li>to mark off or deal out by way of measurement (often followed by off or out): to measure out two cups of flour</li><li>to estimate the relative amount, value, etc., of, by comparison with some standard: to measure the importance of an issue</li><li>to judge or appraise by comparison with something or someone else: to measure Corneille against Racine</li><li>to serve as the measure of: Her sacrifices measure the degree of her love</li><li>to adjust or proportion: to measure a portion to one's liking</li><li>to bring into comparison or competition: to measure one's strength with another's</li><li>to travel over; traverse: to measure a room with great strides</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to take measurements</li><li>to admit of measurement</li><li>to be of a specified measure</li></ul><p><strong>Verb phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to reach a certain standard: The exhibition didn't measure up to last year's</li><li>to be capable or qualified: As an administrator, he couldn't quite measure up</li></ul>