Kilo Lingo

/ˈmeʒə/

Line drawing of measure
Coloured illustration of measure
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Translation

To find the size, length, or amount of something.

Word origin

From Old French mesurer, from Latin mensura, a measuring, from metiri, to measure.

Origin
Latin
Root
metiri
English cognates
dimension, immense

Grammar

Verb typeregular (measure, measures, measured)

Examples

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To measure is to find out how big something is.

's .

You can measure weight, height, length, and more.

metres .

Here it means the size of the room IS four by five.

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This word is part of lesson 44.