gauges

NOUN

measure, standard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barometer benchmark criterion indicator meter pattern yardstick

STRONG

basis bore capacity check degree depth example exemplar extent guide guideline height magnitude mark model norm rule sample scale scope size span test thickness touchstone type width

Antonyms

STRONG

extreme unimportance

WEAK

estimate guess

VERB

measure, judge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appraise ascertain assess calculate calibrate determine evaluate guess quantify take account of weigh

STRONG

adjudge check compute count estimate eye figure guesstimate meter peg rate reckon scale size tally value

WEAK

check out figure in have one's number look over quantitate size up

Antonyms

STRONG

subtract

Example Sentences

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Throughout the land government gaugers measured the whiskey supply held in bonded warehouses, forwarded their reports to Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Protecting it were 31, government gaugers and storekeepers.

From Time Magazine Archive

In each district there are a collector and a corps of appraisers, weighers, gaugers, naval officers, surveyors, and the like.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford

These deputy marshals, "storekeepers and gaugers," and petty postmasters attempted to keep up a local organization.

From The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution by Thompson, Holland

She got into shallow water, when the gaugers, enforced by some dragoons, waded out to her, and Burns, sword in hand, was the first to board her.

From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell