n. 1
A prescribed quantity or extent. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
Mom's rage has no measure.
n. 2
A prescribed quantity or extent. An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
v. 1
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
We measured the temperature with a thermometer.
v. 2
To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement).
The window measured two square feet.

Related words

Word family: measurebate measureless measurable measurement
Phrases: measure up by any measure last full measure tape measure in a measure measure word unit of measure measure out

Forms

Plural: measures → amounts, extents, quantities, sizes…
Past participle: measured
e.g. measured → quantified, assessed, evaluated, appraised…

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

2 letters: go¹
3 letters: act¹
4 letters: time¹, take¹, bill¹, size¹, step¹, beat¹, rule¹, gage¹, mete¹
5 letters: means¹, space¹, value², share¹, limit², depth¹, pitch¹, canon², meter², gauge¹, metre², allot²
6 letters: action², amount², degree², extent², assess², adjust², metric²
7 letters: compute², cadence², valuate
8 letters: standard², capacity⁴, estimate³, quantity³, evaluate⁴, quantify³, appraise²
9 letters: procedure³, dimension³, criterion⁴, apportion³, mensurate
10 letters: instrument³, proportion³, distribute³, proceeding³, touchstone²
11 letters: measurement³, mensuration

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (value² = 2 syllables).