measure

A statute in draft before it becomes law.

Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats.

A container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance.

How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify.

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.

“they set the measure for all subsequent work”

Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.

“the situation called for strong measures”

The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule.

“the measurements were carefully done”

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse.

Measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements.

Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.

Have certain dimensions.

“This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches”

Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of.

Express as a number or measure or quantity.