measurement

«measurement» in Mova's school dictionary: a number with a unit that tells how long, heavy, big, hot… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a measurement, measurements; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A measurement is a number with a unit that tells how long, heavy, big, hot or fast something is. tree →

2) Measurement is the act of measuring. tree →

3) Your measurements are the sizes of your body, such as waist and height, used for clothes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science: take measurements with rulers, scales and thermometers; units like cm, kg, litres and °C; record measurements in tables. Phrases: take a measurement, accurate measurement, units of measurement.

examples

• The measurement of the table is 120 cm by 80 cm. tree →
• Write each measurement with its unit. tree →
• We took measurements of the plant every week. tree →
• The tailor took my measurements for a suit. tree →
• Measurement of time uses seconds, minutes and hours. tree →
• Check your measurements twice before cutting. tree →

note

Countable or uncountable. A measurement needs a number and a unit: "5" alone is not a measurement, "5 cm" is. In maths: change measurements to the same unit before adding (1 m + 20 cm = 120 cm).

In the corpora

• The scientific method means testing ideas by careful experiments and measurements rather than trusting old books.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «measurement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.