1 | noun | any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal 2 | noun | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify 3 | noun | a statute in draft before it becomes law 4 | noun | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule 5 | noun | a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated 6 | noun | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse 7 | noun | musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats 8 | noun | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements (13 meanings)

m'ezher (IPA: mˈɛʒɝ)

meas-ure (7 letters | 2 syllables)

1300 (High Middle ages) (725 years ago)

Old English | Old French | Latin

written: 2082nd most common (1 in 20000 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

spoken: 2459th most common (1 in 52632 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

measures | measured | measuring

step | amount | quantity | bill | measurement | measuring | mensuration | criterion | standard | touchstone | beat | cadence | meter | metre | bar | ... (total: 25)

countermeasure | guard | porcupine provision | precaution | safeguard | shark repellent | chance | cordage | definite quantity | economic value | fundamental measure | fundamental quantity | indefinite quantity | interval | magnetisation | ... (total: 144)

maneuver | manoeuvre | tactical maneuver | tactical manoeuvre | abstract entity | abstraction | instrument | legal document | legal instrument | official document | activity | metric | system of measurement | poetic rhythm | prosody | ... (total: 31)

displeasure | leisure | pleasure | treasure (based on typical American pronunciation)

censure | erasure | leisure | pleasure | reassure | remeasure | treasure (total: 7)

(none among common words)

beyond measure | board measure | capacity measure | circular measure | cubic measure | defensive measure | desperate measure | dry measure | for good measure | give full measure | ... (total: 20)

Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare)

measure.com | measure.net | measure.org | measure.biz

Bar | Dram or gram | Gauae | Meter or liter | Music bar | Part of a score (total: 6) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

9 (International English) | 9 (North American English)

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