gauge

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/ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/

noun 5verb 5name 1

Collocations

(noun.) measuring instrument

ADJ

accurate | fuel, oil, petrol | depth, pressure, temperature

VERB + GAUGE

check, glance at, look at, read

The driver glanced at the temperature gauge and noticed the engine was overheating.

GAUGE + VERB

read sth, show sth, tell sb sth

The temperature gauge showed that the engine was overheating.

(noun.) distance between rails

ADJ

broad, narrow, standard

VERB + GAUGE

adopt

The factory decided to adopt a different gauge for measuring the quality of their products.

(noun.) fact for judging sth

ADJ

reliable, useful

VERB + GAUGE

be seen as, serve as

Student test scores serve as a gauge of how well teachers are doing their jobs.

PREP

~ of

(verb.)

ADV

accurately, correctly | carefully

VERB + GAUGE

be able to, can/could | try to

be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to

It's hard to gauge whether the medicine will work for each patient without trying it first.

Definitions

noun

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt

The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.

An act of measuring.

An estimate.

Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things

A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.

verb

To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.

To estimate.

To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.

You shall not gauge me / By what we do to-night.

To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.

To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.

name

A male given name.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quanti

gage

noun — diameter of a tube or gun barrel

bore
caliber
calibre

verb — judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time

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1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt

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The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.

Wiktionary

It was Locke who concisely won the argument for a standardised gauge of 4ft 8½ inches over Brunel's 7ft 0 ¼in preference. […] Today, over 60% of the world's railways use that gauge.

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You shall not gauge me / By what we do to-night.

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Gauge queens constantly up the ante in order to assert their commitment to a counter cultural look.

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The fuel gauge is broken.

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