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measure noun

  /ˈmeɪ.ʒə/ , /ˈmeɪ.ʒɚ/ , /ˈmeʒ.ə/ , /ˈmɛʒ.ə/ , /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ/ , /ˈmɪ.ʒɚ/
  • The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]
 maat, lat, liniaal, meetlat, regel
  • A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion. [from 14th c.]
 maat, maatstaf
  • (in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. [from 17th c.]
 maatregel
  • (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 w:Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia. [from 20th c.]
  • (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. [from 17th c.]
 maat
  • An (unspecified) portion or quantity. [from 16th c.]
 maat, hoeveelheid
  • The act or result of measuring.
 meten, meting
afstand

measure verb

  /ˈmeɪ.ʒə/ , /ˈmeɪ.ʒɚ/ , /ˈmeʒ.ə/ , /ˈmɛʒ.ə/ , /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ/ , /ˈmɪ.ʒɚ/
  • To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
 meten
  • To estimate the unit size of something.
 meten, schatten
  • To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
  • (often with out or off) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.
 afmeten

measurement noun

  /ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/ , /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/ , /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mənt/ , [ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mn̩t]
  • The act of measuring.
  • Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
 meting

measurable adjective

  /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/ , /ˈmɛʒɹəbəl/
  • Able to be measured.
 meetbaar

measured adjective

  /ˈmeɪʒɚd/ , /ˈmɛʒəd/ , /ˈmɛʒɚd/
  • Deliberate but restrained.
 afgemeten

measurer

meter
tape measure
meetlint, centimeter, rolmaat
unit of measure
meeteenheid
for good measure
bovenop, op de koop toe
beyond measure
onmetelijk, erg
measure word
maatwoord
corn measure
korenmaat
emergency measure
noodmaatregel
incentive measure
stimuleringsmaatregel
standard measure
ijkmaat
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