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Measure vs. Size — What's the Difference?

Measure vs. Size — What's the Difference?

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Measure

A reference standard or sample used for the quantitative comparison of properties
The standard kilogram is maintained as a measure of mass.

Size

Size in general is the magnitude or dimensions of a thing. More specifically, geometrical size (or spatial size) can refer to linear dimensions (length, width, height, diameter, perimeter), area, or volume.

Measure

A unit specified by a scale, such as an inch, or by variable conditions, such as a day's march.

Size

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is
A forest the size of Wales
Firms of all sizes
The schools varied in size

Measure

A system of measurement, such as the metric system.
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Size

Each of the classes, typically numbered, into which garments or other articles are divided according to how large they are
I can never find anything in my size

Measure

The dimensions, quantity, or capacity of something as ascertained by comparison with a standard
Curtains made to measure.
Took his measure for the suit jacket.

Size

A gelatinous solution used in glazing paper, stiffening textiles, and preparing plastered walls for decoration.

Measure

A device used for measuring.

Size

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size
Twist drills are sized in millimetres

Measure

The act of measuring
By measure the picture was four feet tall.

Size

Estimate or measure something's dimensions
She was trying to size up a room with a tape measure

Measure

An evaluation or a basis of comparison
"the final measure of the worth of a society" (Joseph Wood Krutch).

Size

Treat with size to glaze or stiffen
Paper will adhere to sized walls better

Measure

Extent or degree
The problem was in large measure caused by his carelessness.

Size

Having a specified size; sized
Marble-size chunks of hail

Measure

A definite quantity that has been measured out
A measure of wine.

Size

The physical dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or extent of an object.

Measure

A fitting amount
A measure of recognition.

Size

Any of a series of graduated categories of dimension whereby manufactured articles, such as shoes and clothing, are classified.

Measure

A limited amount or degree
A measure of goodwill.

Size

Considerable extent, amount, or dimensions
A debt of enormous size.

Measure

Limit; bounds
Generosity knowing no measure.

Size

Relative amount or number, as of population or contents
What size is Cleveland?.

Measure

Appropriate restraint; moderation
"The union of ... fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal" (William James).

Size

Character, value, or status with reference to relative importance or the capacity to meet given requirements
Try this proposal on for size.

Measure

An action taken as a means to an end; an expedient
Measures taken to improve energy efficiency.

Size

The actual state of affairs
That's about the size of the situation.

Measure

A law or ballot initiative adopted by a legislature as a remedy for a problem.

Size

Any of several gelatinous or glutinous substances usually made from glue, wax, or clay and used as a glaze or filler for porous materials such as paper, cloth, or wall surfaces.

Measure

Poetic meter.

Size

To arrange, classify, or distribute according to size.

Measure

(Music) The metric unit between two bars on the staff; a bar.

Size

To make, cut, or shape to a required size.

Measure

To ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of
Measured the height of the ceiling.

Size

To treat or coat with size or a similar substance.

Measure

To mark, lay out, or establish dimensions for by measuring
Measure off an area.

Size

Sized. Often used in combination
Bite-size appetizers.
An economy-size package.

Measure

To mark off or apportion, usually with reference to a given unit of measurement
Measure out a pint of milk.

Size

An assize.

Measure

To allot or distribute as if by measuring; mete
The revolutionary tribunal measured out harsh justice.

Size

(obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.

Measure

To estimate by evaluation or comparison
"I gave them an account ... of the situation as far as I could measure it" (Winston S. Churchill).

Size

(obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.

Measure

To bring into comparison
She measured her power with that of a dangerous adversary.

Size

The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.

Measure

To serve as a measure of
The inch measures length.

Size

(obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.

Measure

To consider or choose with care; weigh
He measures his words with caution.

Size

A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
I don't think we have the red one in your size.

Measure

(Archaic) To travel over
"We must measure twenty miles today" (Shakespeare).

Size

(graph theory) A number of edges in a graph.

Measure

To be of a specific measurement
The room measures 12 by 20 feet.

Size

Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.

Measure

To take a measurement.

Size

An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls

Measure

To allow of measurement
White sugar measures more easily than brown.

Size

A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.

Measure

A prescribed quantity or extent.

Size

Wallpaper paste.

Measure

(obsolete) Moderation, temperance.

Size

The thickened crust on coagulated blood.

Measure

A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)

Size

Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.

Measure

An (unspecified) portion or quantity.

Size

(transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.

Measure

The act or result of measuring.

Size

(transitive) To classify or arrange by size.

Measure

A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
A measure of salt

Size

(military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.

Measure

A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
Honesty is the true measure of a man.

Size

(mining) To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.

Measure

Any of various standard units of capacity.
The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.

Size

To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.

Measure

A unit of measurement.

Size

(intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.

Measure

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)

Size

To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

Measure

The act or process of measuring.

Size

To swell; to increase the bulk of.

Measure

A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.

Size

(transitive) To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.

Measure

A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
The greatest common measure of two or more numbers

Size

Six.

Measure

(geology) A bed or stratum.
Coal measures; lead measures

Size

A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.

Measure

(mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.

Size

Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.

Measure

Metrical rhythm.

Size

A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.

Measure

A melody.

Size

An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; - corresponding to battel at Oxford.

Measure

A dance.

Size

Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock.

Measure

(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
A poem in iambic measure

Size

Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.
Men of a less size and quality.
The middling or lower size of people.

Measure

(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.

Size

A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale.

Measure

A course of action.

Size

An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, - used for ascertaining the size of pearls.

Measure

(in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.

Size

To cover with size; to prepare with size.

Measure

A piece of legislation.

Size

To fix the standard of.

Measure

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
We measured the temperature with a thermometer.
You should measure the angle with a spirit level.

Size

To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk.

Measure

(stative) To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
The window measured two square feet.

Size

To swell; to increase the bulk of.

Measure

To estimate the unit size of something.
I measure that at 10 centimetres.

Size

To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting.
We had to size up our fellow legislators.

Measure

To judge, value, or appraise.

Size

To take greater size; to increase in size.
Our desires give them fashion, and so,As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow.

Measure

To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.

Size

To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

Measure

(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

Size

The physical magnitude of something (how big it is);
A wolf is about the size of a large dog

Measure

To adjust by a rule or standard.

Size

The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing);
He wears a size 13 shoe

Measure

To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

Size

Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics;
Size gives body to a fabric

Measure

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.

Size

The actual state of affairs;
That's the size of the situation
She hates me, that's about the size of it

Measure

An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
False ells and measures be brought all clean adown.

Size

A large magnitude;
He blanched when he saw the size of the bill
The only city of any size in that area

Measure

The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Size

Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

Measure

The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal.

Size

Sort according to size

Measure

Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure.

Size

Make to a size; bring to a suitable size

Measure

Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days.

Size

(used in combination) sized;
The economy-size package
Average-size house

Measure

The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.

Measure

Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
There is a great measure of discretion to be used in the performance of confession.

Measure

Regulated division of movement

Measure

A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers; a denominator. See common denominator under denominator.

Measure

A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
His majesty found what wrong measures he had taken in the conferring that trust, and lamented his error.

Measure

The act of measuring; measurement.

Measure

Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
Say to her, we have measured many milesTo tread a measure with her on this grass.

Measure

To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
Great are thy works, Jehovah, infiniteThy power! what thought can measure thee?

Measure

To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.

Measure

To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
A true devoted pilgrim is not wearyTo measure kingdoms with his feeble steps.

Measure

To adjust by a rule or standard.
To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.

Measure

To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; - often with out or off.
With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun.

Measure

To make a measurement or measurements.

Measure

To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.

Measure

To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.

Measure

The act or process of measuring;
The measurements were carefully done
His mental measurings proved remarkably accurate

Measure

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
They set the measure for all subsequent work

Measure

How much there is of something that you can quantify

Measure

Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;
The situation called for strong measures
The police took steps to reduce crime

Measure

A statute in draft before it becomes law;
They held a public hearing on the bill

Measure

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Measure

Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
The orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song

Measure

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

Measure

Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of;
Measure the length of the wall

Measure

Express as a number or measure or quantity;
Can you quantify your results?

Measure

Have certain dimensions;
This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches

Measure

Place a value on; judge the worth of something;
I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional

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