measure
A prescribed quantity or extent.
Other meanings
A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "mēnsūra" (a measure).
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This definition is adapted from “measure” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.