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If you m______ the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is.If you measure the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is.I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.A school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university.It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action. verbIf you measure the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is.I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.A school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university.It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.If you measure a quantity that can be expressed in numbers, such as the length of something, you discover it using a particular instrument or device, for example a ruler .Measure the length and width of the gap.He measured the speed at which ultrasonic waves travel along the bone.If something measures a particular length, width, or amount, that is its size or intensity, expressed in numbers.The house is more than twenty metres long and measures six metres in width.This hand-decorated plate measures 30cm across.Their paddock measures 24 metres square.nounA measure of a particular quality, feeling, or activity is a fairly large amount of it.With the exception of Juan, each attained a measure of success.The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government.If you say that one aspect of a situation is a measure of that situation, you mean that it shows that the situation is very serious or has developed to a very great extent.It is a measure of their plight that few of them have anywhere to go to.That is a measure of how bad things have become at the bank.When someone, usually a government or other authority, takes measures to do something, they carry out particular actions in order to achieve a particular result.The government warned that police would take tougher measures to contain the trouble.He said stern measures would be taken against the killers.As a precautionary measure repeat the medication.A measure of a strong alcoholic drink such as brandy or whisky is an amount of it in a glass. In pubs and bars, a measure is an official standard amount.He poured himself another generous measure of malt....a pub measure of spirits.In music, a measure is one of the several short parts of the same length into which a piece of music is divided. B1

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query	If you m______ the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is.If you measure the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is. I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office. A school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university. It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.
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full-definition	verb If you measure the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is. I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office. A school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university. It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action. If you measure a quantity that can be expressed in numbers, such as the length of something, you discover it using a particular instrument or device, for example a ruler . Measure the length and width of the gap. He measured the speed at which ultrasonic waves travel along the bone. If something measures a particular length, width, or amount, that is its size or intensity, expressed in numbers. The house is more than twenty metres long and measures six metres in width. This hand-decorated plate measures 30cm across. Their paddock measures 24 metres square. noun A measure of a particular quality, feeling, or activity is a fairly large amount of it. With the exception of Juan, each attained a measure of success. The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government. If you say that one aspect of a situation is a measure of that situation, you mean that it shows that the situation is very serious or has developed to a very great extent. It is a measure of their plight that few of them have anywhere to go to. That is a measure of how bad things have become at the bank. When someone, usually a government or other authority, takes measures to do something, they carry out particular actions in order to achieve a particular result. The government warned that police would take tougher measures to contain the trouble. He said stern measures would be taken against the killers. As a precautionary measure repeat the medication. A measure of a strong alcoholic drink such as brandy or whisky is an amount of it in a glass. In pubs and bars, a measure is an official standard amount. He poured himself another generous measure of malt. ...a pub measure of spirits. In music, a measure is one of the several short parts of the same length into which a piece of music is divided.
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cefr-level	B1

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