| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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gauge also gage |
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| NOUN: | A means by which individuals are compared and judged: benchmark, criterion, mark, measure, standard, test, touchstone, yardstick. See USUAL. | | VERB: | 1. To make a judgment as to the worth or value of: appraise, assay, assess, calculate, estimate, evaluate, judge, rate1, size up, valuate, value. Idioms: take the measure of. See VALUE. 2. To ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of: measure. Archaic : mete. Idioms: take the measure of. See BIG.
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