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/ˈmeʒə(r)/ 
| singular | measure |
| plural | measures |
- 1an action that is intended to achieve or deal with something
This is a temporary measure to stop the problem from getting any worse.
take measures to do something:Stronger measures will have to be taken to bring down unemployment.
take measures against someone/something:When you are attacked, you take defensive measures against the attacker.
Collocations: measure
▪ drastic, harsh, punitive, repressive, severe, strong▪ adopt, announce, approve, enforce, implement, introduce, propose, take - 4a unit in a system of measurement
standard measures of the metric system such as the litre
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phrases
be a measure of something
beyond measure
mainly literaryfor good measure
the full measure of something
formalget the measure of someone/take someone’s measure
in full measure
formalin large/no small measure
formal
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