Noun
1. the act or process of measuring;
"the measurements were carefully done""his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"2. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
"they set the measure for all subsequent work"3. how much there is of something that you can quantify
4. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;
"the situation called for strong measures""the police took steps to reduce crime"5. a statute in draft before it becomes law;
"they held a public hearing on the bill"6. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
7. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"8. measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements