# verb. - ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size. * the amount of water collected is measured in pints - estimate or assess the extent, quality, value, or effect of (something). * it is hard to measure teaching ability - travel over (a certain distance or area). * we must measure twenty miles today
# noun. - a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose. * cost-cutting measures - a standard unit used to express the size, amount, or degree of something. * a furlong is an obsolete measure of length - a certain quantity or degree of something. * the states retain a large measure of independence - the rhythm of a piece of poetry or a piece of music. - a group of rock strata.