measure: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with M · ends with E
Meaning of measure
noun
- countable, uncountable
A prescribed quantity or extent. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
Example: Mom's rage has no measure.
- countable, uncountable
A prescribed quantity or extent. An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
- countable, uncountable
The act or result of measuring. A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
Example: a measure of salt
- countable, uncountable
The act or result of measuring. A standard against which something can be judged; a way of measuring it; a criterion for it.
Example: By what measure should we judge the performance of our teachers?
Listed forms: measures.
Source: Wiktionary — measure.
verb
- transitive
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
Example: We measured the temperature with a thermometer.
- stative
To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement).
Example: The window measured two square feet.
To estimate the unit size of something.
Example: I measure that at 10 centimetres.
To judge, value, or appraise.
Listed forms: measures, measuring, measured.
Source: Wiktionary — measure.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for measure.
noun
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
noun
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
noun
a statute in draft before it becomes law
noun
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is measure in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of measure
M(3) + E(1) + A(1) + S(1) + U(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of measure
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from measure
83 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in measure. Showing up to 24, longest first.