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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mechanically alter, especially to |
| Synonyms: | align, balance, bring into line, calibrate, connect, correct, fine-tune, fit, fix, focus, grind, improve, improve accommodate, mend, overhaul, polish, put in working order, readjust, rectify, regulate, renovate, repair, service, set, sharpen, square, tighten, troubleshoot, tune up |
| Antonyms: | derange, disarrange, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | gauge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure, judge |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, appraise, ascertain, assess, calculate, calibrate, check, check out, compute, count, determine, estimate, evaluate, eye*, figure, figure in, guess, guesstimate, have one's number, look over, meter, peg, quantify, quantitate, rate, reckon, scale, size, size up, take account of, tally, value, weigh |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | graduate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | classify, grade |
| Synonyms: | arrange, calibrate, class, group, mark off, measure, measure out, order, proportion, range, rank, regulate, sort |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, judge |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, calibrate, caliper, check, check out, choose, compute, delimit, demarcate, determine, dope out, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, figure, fit, gauge, gradate, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, look over, mark, mark out, mete, pace off, peg, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, size up, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, take account, time, value, weigh |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quantify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assess, calibrate, check, compute, count, determine, estimate, evaluate, figure, gauge, look over, rank, rate, size, specify, value, weigh |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
| Main Entry: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure |
| Synonyms: | adjust, balance, calibrate, compare, compute, estimate, gauge, graduate, proportion, prorate, regulate, size |
| Notes: | octave is the distance covered by any eight notes of a scale; a scale is a series of eight notes played in alphabetical order |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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comparative, geodetical, gradual, inch, measuring, metric, metrical, poisable, scalar, shading off, sidereal, unmeasured
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