ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units

the amount of water collected is measured in pints

assess the importance, effect, or value of (something)

it is hard to measure teaching ability

travel over (a certain distance or area)

we must measure twenty miles today

a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose

cost-cutting measures

children were evacuated as a precautionary measure

a standard unit used to express the size, amount, or degree of something

a furlong is an obsolete measure of length

tables of weights and measures

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