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Measurement Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Measurement has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

"the measurements were carefully done"

"his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"

2

The act of measuring.

"The surveyor began his measurement of the property line at first light."

In plain English: Measurement is the process of finding out how much, how big, or how long something is by comparing it to a standard unit.

"She took the measurement of her waist before buying the dress."

Usage: Use measurement to refer to the general process or act of determining the size, amount, or degree of something. Do not use it as a synonym for the specific number obtained from that process.

Example Sentences
"She took the measurement of her waist before buying the dress." noun
Related Terms
degree inch weight size gallon time hour minute age unit mile distance scale year month tablespoon week century feet price
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
activity
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
seismography quantitative analysis actinometry algometry anemography anemometry angulation anthropometry arterial blood gases audiometry bathymetry calorimetry cephalometry densitometry dosimetry fetometry hydrometry hypsometry mental measurement micrometry observation pelvimetry photometry quantification radioactive dating reading sampling sounding sound ranging scaling spirometry surveying telemetry thermometry thermogravimetry tonometry viscometry

Origin

The word measurement is formed by adding the suffix -ment to the verb measure. This construction simply indicates the act or result of measuring something.

Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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