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measuring

/ˈmɛʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/noun3 syllables

Measuring means: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule.

Synonyms for measuring3

noun, as in the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

measurement, measure, mensuration

What does measuring mean?1

noun

1

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule“the measurements were carefully done”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Measuring in a sentence

  • Money is used for buying or selling goods, measuring value and storing wealth.unknown
  • The thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature.CK
  • The pastry chef measured flour and sugar using a measuring cup.megamanenm
  • I wonder how a government would go about measuring gross national happiness.darinmex
  • I use a measuring cup when baking bread.CK
  • We are measuring the depth of the river.CC
  • An obstetrician estimates the progress of childbirth by measuring the time between each contraction.npvojtik
  • There's no point in measuring people by their ability to memorize.urro

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of measuring

as a noun

plural
measurings