intransitive. To make or take measurements. Cf. measure, v. 2a. Obsolete.
transitive. Of a person: to ascertain or determine the magnitude or quantity of (something); (of a thing) to be the means of ascertaining or…
Magnitude or quantity as ascertained by measuring. to take (the, one's) measures (also measure): to make measurements; to ascertain various…
Subcategories:
— fail to measure correctly (1)
— admit of measurement (1)
— change to or adopt a metric system (3)