GAUGES Synonyms

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

• set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

• estimate the value of (property) for taxation

• make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

• mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units

• measure the caliber of

• establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

• shape or influence; give direction to

• fix conclusively or authoritatively

• decide upon or fix definitely

• reach, make, or come to a decision about something

• fix in scope; fix the boundaries of

• settle conclusively; come to terms

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• form a critical opinion of

• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

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

• a statute in draft before it becomes law

• the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

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

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• 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

• determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

• express as a number or measure or quantity

• have certain dimensions

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• use as a quantifier

• express as a number or measure or quantity

• not quite exact or correct

• very close in resemblance

• located close together

• be close or similar

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• a person who evokes boredom

• a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

• diameter of a tube or gun barrel

• a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

• cause to be bored

• make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

• a degree or grade of excellence or worth

• diameter of a tube or gun barrel

• a degree or grade of excellence or worth

• diameter of a tube or gun barrel

• an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

• a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody

• a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

• a statement indicating the likely cost of some job

• the respect with which a person is held

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• judge to be probable

• street names for marijuana

• a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

• place a bet on

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• an estimate based on little or no information

• expect, believe, or suppose

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• guess correctly; solve by guessing

• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

• an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

• determine the result of (a competition)

• form a critical opinion of

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• pronounce judgment on

• put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

• accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared