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Definitions

measures

NOUN

portion, scope

Synonyms

STRONGEST

part quota

STRONG

allotment allowance amount amplification amplitude area bang breadth bulk capacity degree depth dimension distance duration extent fix frequency height hit magnitude mass meed mensuration nip pitch proportion quantity quantum range ratio ration reach share shot size slug span strength sum volume weight

WEAK

admeasurement admensuration

Antonyms

STRONG

extreme unimportance whole

WEAK

ignorance inaction

NOUN

standard, rule

Synonyms

STRONGEST

method system test

STRONG

benchmark canon criterion example gauge meter model norm pattern scale touchstone trial type yardstick

Antonyms

STRONG

guess

WEAK

ignorance inaction

NOUN

preventive or institutive action

Synonyms

STRONGEST

act action control effort limit means move procedure project proposal step

STRONG

agency bounds course deed device expedient limitation makeshift maneuver moderation proceeding proposition resort resource restraint shift stopgap

WEAK

strategem

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cessation idleness inaction inactivity inertia repose rest stoppage

STRONG

freedom permanent wildness

WEAK

ignorance

NOUN

bill, law

Synonyms

STRONGEST

act project proposal resolution statute

STRONG

enactment proposition

Antonyms

WEAK

ignorance inaction

NOUN

beat, rhythm

Synonyms

STRONGEST

step

STRONG

accent cadence cadency division melody meter rhyme stress stroke swing tempo throb time tune verse vibration

Antonyms

STRONG

unimportance

WEAK

ignorance inaction

VERB

calculate, judge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjust assess average calibrate check compute determine estimate evaluate fit gauge limit mark peg quantify rank regulate survey weigh

STRONG

adapt align appraise beat blend bound caliper choose delimit demarcate even eye figure gradate grade graduate level line mete plumb portion rate read reckon rhyme rule scale shade size sound square stroke tailor time value

WEAK

check out dope out look over mark out pace off size up take account

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disorder disorganize guess ignore neglect

STRONG

divide separate

Example Sentences

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How does that sit alongside other key migration measures, including asylum applications, small boat arrivals and visas granted?

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Iran’s communications minister, Sattar Hashemi, told Iranian state media earlier this month that the restrictive internet measures were a response to wartime conditions imposed on the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Typically, it is active during election years, serving as a vital coordination hub and turning intelligence about foreign election threats into warnings, defensive measures and offensive operations.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Reactive evacuation measures, for example, saved 96% of Japanese inhabitants when the major tsunami struck the Tōhoku coast on March 11 2011.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

I had not long been a reader of the “Liberator,” before I got a pretty correct idea of the principles, measures and spirit of the anti-slavery reform.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass