A prescribed quantity or extent.
I will correct thee in measure, and will not leaue thee altogether vnpunished.
The act or result of measuring.
a measure of salt
Metrical rhythm.
From Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measure”), mētior (“to measure”, supine stem in mēns-) + -tūra. Largely displaced native Old English metan ("to measure" when...
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To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement
The window measured two square feet.
To estimate the unit size of something.
I measure that at 10 centimetres.