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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 |
Example Sentences
- Talk to your kids to see how they are feeling, and calibrate activities accordingly.
- It does take time to learn, and good professors calibrate their coursework to build on that time.
- Some contractors failed even to show recruits how to calibrate the sights on their weapons.
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
comparative, geodetical, gradual, inch, measuring, metric, metrical, poisable, scalar, shading off, sidereal, unmeasured
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