n any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
n how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
n a statute in draft before it becomes law
n the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
n a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
n (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
n musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
n measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
n a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
v determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
v express as a number or measure or quantity
v have certain dimensions
v evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
