Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to measure up
Participle: measured up
Gerund: measuring up
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | measure up |
| you | measure up |
| he;she;it | measures up |
| we | measure up |
| you | measure up |
| they | measure up |
Perfect
| I | have measured up |
| you | have measured up |
| he;she;it | has measured up |
| we | have measured up |
| you | have measured up |
| they | have measured up |
Past
| I | measured up |
| you | measured up |
| he;she;it | measured up |
| we | measured up |
| you | measured up |
| they | measured up |
Pluperfect
| I | had measured up |
| you | had measured up |
| he;she;it | had measured up |
| we | had measured up |
| you | had measured up |
| they | had measured up |
Future
| I | will measure up |
| you | will measure up |
| he;she;it | will measure up |
| we | will measure up |
| you | will measure up |
| they | will measure up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have measured up |
| you | will have measured up |
| he;she;it | will have measured up |
| we | will have measured up |
| you | will have measured up |
| they | will have measured up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | measure up |
| you | measure up |
| he;she;it | measure up |
| we | measure up |
| you | measure up |
| they | measure up |
Perfect
| I | have measured up |
| you | have measured up |
| he;she;it | have measured up |
| we | have measured up |
| you | have measured up |
| they | have measured up |
Imperfect
| I | measured up |
| you | measured up |
| he;she;it | measured up |
| we | measured up |
| you | measured up |
| they | measured up |
Pluperfect
| I | had measured up |
| you | had measured up |
| he;she;it | had measured up |
| we | had measured up |
| you | had measured up |
| they | had measured up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would measure up |
| you | would measure up |
| he;she;it | would measure up |
| we | would measure up |
| you | would measure up |
| they | would measure up |
Perfect
| I | would have measured up |
| you | would have measured up |
| he;she;it | would have measured up |
| we | would have measured up |
| you | would have measured up |
| they | would have measured up |
Imperative
| you | measure up |
| we | Let's measure up |
| you | measure up |
Verbs conjugated like 'measure'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'measure'
admeasure,
censure,
ensure,
feature,
manure,
mastre,
mature,
meagre,
pleasure,
reassure,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to identify by or divide into classes
- brand, categorize, classify, compartmentalise, distribute, divide, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, label, peg, pigeonhole, sort, subdivide
- to determine the value of
- admeasure, bemete, enumerate, mete, numericalize, quantify, quantitate
- gauge
- scale, calibrate, rank, grade, rule, survey, standard, weigh
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
~ somebody against somebody,
~ somebody against something,
~ something against somebody,
~ something against something,
~ off something,
~ something off,
~ out something,
~ something out,
~ up (something),
~ (something) up,
~ up,
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr. mesurer, from L.L. mensurare "to measure," from L. mensura "a measuring, a thing to measure by," from mensus, pp. of metiri "to measure," from PIE *ma-/*me- "measure" (see meter (2)). Replaced O.E. cognate mæð "measure." The noun also is attested from c.1300. Meaning "treatment 'meted out' to someone" is from 1593; that of "plan or course of action intended to obtain some goal" is from 1698; sense of "legislative enactment" is from 1759. To measure up "have the necessary abilities" is 1910, Amer.Eng. Phrase for good measure (1382) is lit. "ample in quantity, in goods sold by measure."
2. Etymology tree
3. Old French mesurebor.
4. Middle English mesure
5. English measure
6. From Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measure”), mētior (“to measure”, supine stem in mēns-) + -tūra. Largely displaced native Old English metan ("to measure" whence modern mete) and ġemet (“a measure”). See also -ure.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and so Dinah had ruled supreme. This was the easier, in that she was perfect mistress of that diplomatic art which unites the utmost subservience of manner with the utmost inflexibility as to measure.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] ready, sir ? ’ I inquired. ‘Well, pretty nigh, ’ he said; ‘keep steady. ’ I kept as steady as I could, both in foot and face; and having by this time got the dust out, and found his pencil-case, he measured me, and made the necessary notes. When he had finished, he fell into his old attitude, and taking up the boot again, mused for some time. ‘And this, ’ he said, at last, ‘is an English boot, is it [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] silent; the auctioneer grows warmer; but bids gradually drop off. It lies now between an aristocratic old citizen and our bullet-headed acquaintance. The citizen bids for a few turns, contemptuously measuring his opponent; but the bullet-head has the advantage over him, both in obstinacy and concealed length of purse, and the controversy lasts but a moment; the hammer falls,—he has got the girl, body and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] The psychologist tells us of a state, in which the affections and images of the mind become so dominant and overpowering, that they press into their service the outward imagining. Who shall measure what an all-pervading Spirit may do with these capabilities of our mortality, or the ways in which He may encourage the desponding souls of the desolate ? If the poor forgotten slave believes that [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] in the lull of a tempest, this burst of feeling made a moment's blank pause. Legree stood aghast, and looked at Tom; and there was such a silence, that the tick of the old clock could be heard, measuring, with silent touch, the last moments of mercy and probation to that hardened heart.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)