əˈmaʊnt əˈsɛs ˈkeɪ.dn̩s kɹaɪˈtɪəɹi.ən

ɨˈvaljʊeɪt ɪ̈ˈvaljəˌweɪt ˈmɛʒə ˈmɛʒɚ ˈmɛʒə ˈmɛʒɚ ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt ˈmeʒ.ɚ.mənt ˈmɛʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.ɪŋ ˈmitəɹ ˈmiːtə ˈkwɑːn.tə.faɪ ˈkwɒn.tɪ.ti ˈkwɑn(t)ɨti ˈkwɑndədi ˈstændəd ˈstændəɹd stɛp ˈtʌtʃstəʊn ˈvæljuː how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal the situation called for strong measures the police took steps to reduce crime express as a number or measure or quantity Can you quantify your results? determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of Measure the length of the wall evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional access all the factors when taking a risk the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule the measurements were carefully done his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate have certain dimensions This table surfaces measures 20 inches by 36 inches a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements a statute in draft before it becomes law they held a public hearing on the bill musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated the schools comply with federal standards they set the measure for all subsequent work