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MENSURATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mensurate mean?
• MENSURATE (verb)
The verb MENSURATE has 1 sense:
1. determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
Familiarity information: MENSURATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
measure; measure out; mensurate
Context example:
Measure the length of the wall
Hypernyms (to "mensurate" is one way to...):
decide; determine; make up one's mind (reach, make, or come to a decision about something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mensurate"):
shoot (measure the altitude of by using a sextant)
triangulate (measure by using trigonometry)
caliper; calliper (measure the diameter of something with calipers)
calibrate (measure the caliber of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
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