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. Tony Abbott:

   I accept that same-sex marriage is a significant issue, but frankly, this government's absolute fundamental priority ... is to get the most urgent budget measures through and by far the most urgent budget measure is the small business budget boost.

2. Steve Biegun:

   Exactly what these measures are, are a matter I plan to discuss with my North Korean counterpart during our next set of meetings, from our side, we are prepared to discuss many actions that could help build trust between our two countries and advance further progress in parallel on the Singapore summit objectives of transforming relations, establishing a permanent peace regime on the peninsula and complete denuclearization.

3. Ahmed Korayem:

   Desperate times calls for more than simply desperate measures. It calls for putting one's values aside till the desperation subsides" --Mental Hell, Chapter 3

4. Ezra Rosser:

   We have to recognize that we imposed a genocide on tribes and we imposed harsh measures toward any government structure that they had, to me, it's not surprising that it would take somewhat deep into the self-determination era for tribes to be in a position to assert some of these rights.

5. Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska:

   While Admiral Neffenger is an impressive man, it is naive and dangerous to pretend installing one director can heal what ails TSA, the Department of Homeland Security needs to admit that it has a crisis of bureaucratic complacency - lacking an overarching vision and coherent measures of success and failure.

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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