MEASURE

Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

Example: "The situation called for strong measures"

How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

A statute in draft before it becomes law

Example: "They held a public hearing on the bill"

The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

Example: "The measurements were carefully done"

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

Example: "The schools comply with federal standards"

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

Example: "The orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"

Measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

A container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance