Dictionary Entry
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
In a Sentence
“We measured the temperature with a thermometer. You should measure the angle with a spirit level.”
Origin
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Poetry examples for “measured”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →war. War is the most wasteful thing in the
world. But is money to be measured against the
blood of American soldiers? Would it not be
Read full poem →_Mirror_ some of the poems. Though at this time the schematic
effect of the Anthology could not be measured, Edward J. Wheeler, that
devoted patron of the art and discriminating critic of its
Read full poem →It seemeth, now that you are gone,
My heart a measured pain doth keep:--
Are you now, as I am, alone?
Read full poem →And if it still be treasured
An age hence, it shall be measured
By this small dark spot
Read full poem →We murmur ' Where is any certain tune
Or measured music in such notes as these ? '
But angels, leaning from the golden seat,
Read full poem →Amount of tillage performed in preparation for seeding was measured as a sum of
inches of soil stirred by all preparatory field operations. It did not affect forage yield
Read full poem →The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers,
Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Read full poem →The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers,
Marching down to their boats on the shore.
