Definitions for measures
mea·sures

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. measures

   For powder are cylindrical copper vessels of various sizes for determining the charges of shells, cannon, etc.

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1. measures

   Plural form of the word measure.

   The carpenter too a number of measures of wood for the job in hand and paid at the till.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2015  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MEASURES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Measures is ranked #145220 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Measures surname appeared 114 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Measures.
   
   89.4% or 102 total occurrences were White.
   7.8% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'measures' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1567

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'measures' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3298

Anagrams for measures »

1. reassume

How to pronounce measures?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say measures in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of measures in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of measures in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of measures in a Sentence

1. Nobuhiko Okabe:

   We don’t want people to move much, that’s our wish as we think about anti-virus measures.

2. Mike Ryan:

   But I also think the Iranian system is switching on. We are seeing a much more all-of-government approach...with a national action plan now, with 100,000 workers committed to this plan, it is much better that we understand the extent of the problem. So we commend the move towards more aggressive, targeted surveillance and we hope that will lead to the kind of control measures that will help push this virus back.

3. Ben Neuman:

   Control measures need to focus on the major source of Zika, which is still overwhelmingly mosquitoes.

4. Stephen Parodi:

   For the youngest children that we have, we still got to take those protective measures when it comes to distancing, and ideally, if people are coming into the household, that they have gotten vaccinated so that you're minimizing the risk.

5. Nobuhiko Kuramochi:

   There may be growing voices that 'Abenomics' has failed, there will likely be more pressure for the administration to come up with stimulus measures and more calls to delay the planned consumption tax hike.

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References

1. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html