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Meaning gauge meaning

What does gauge mean?
Definitions in simple English

gauge Noun

— gauge is a tool to scale and measure objects to display information.

gauge

— verb (= estimate, judge) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds — noun a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc — noun the thickness of wire — noun the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train — verb mix in specific proportions gauge plaster — verb measure precisely and against a standard the wire is gauged — verb adapt to a specified measurement gauge the instruments — noun accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared — verb determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation gauge the wine barrels — verb rub to a uniform size gauge bricks — noun (= bore) diameter of a tube or gun barrel

Synonyms gauge synonyms

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gauge English » English

gage measure estimate meter judge rate evaluate assess appraise value scale assay dimension indicator fathom calibre bore track standard pointer like index calibrate calculate appreciate weigh think well of think highly of survey standard of measurement size prize mark magnitude love figure fancy extent esteem enjoy determine caliber approximate test sound quantify proportion probe measurement have a high regard for

Topics gauge topics

What do people use gauge to talk about?
States Big

Measure
Language and thought Think Learn

Evaluate, test
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind

Conjugation gauge conjugation

How do you conjugate gauge?

gauge · verb

Examples gauge examples

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Simple sentences

Is there an air gauge here?
Is there an air pressure gauge here?
The gas gauge is on empty.
The rain gauge is broken.

Movie subtitles

My wife's father died and left her a narrow gauge railway. and a lumber mill and. several other things.
Look at that gauge.
Ten times 10, times 10, times 10, times 10, times 10..on and on and on, row after row, gauge after gauge.
Death! Who shall gauge my love?
Gauge the distance carefully, and.
Let's check your gauge.
Did you check the oil gauge?
It may not do any good, but at least the UN will be able to gauge our strength.
The UN is far away. How can it gauge a strike's magnitude?
You are, I suppose, aware of the fact that accidents occur with more frequency on standard-gauge railways?
Captain, my velocity gauge is off the scale.
Distance gauge failing.
Shotgun, 12-gauge.
A box of 12-gauge shells, Marty.
My gauge, which is a liar, says 33 pounds.
Forget your steam gauge!
There's your tailpipe heat, your fuel pressure gauge. Here's your tachometer.
I believe in an instrument panel, a pressure gauge, a compass, things I can see and touch.
Skipper, take a look at this depth gauge.
Well, as long as you're so glad to be alive such a generous frame of mind, I wouldn't say no if you gave me that double-barreled, 12- gauge bird gun you keep locked up.
Who shall gauge my love?
Wearing the new Grecian Mist, 60-gauge 15-denier nylons put out by my ex-partner Sam Butterworth.
This is a delicate strain gauge.
That's the pressure gauge.
You almost broke the gauge.
I'm real sorry. Did you check the oil gauge?
How can it gauge a strike's magnitude?
My velocity gauge is off the scale.
It's the oil pressure, sir, but the gauge is being checked.
An accurate number would be difficult to gauge.
It's been showing on the gauge for two days.
Come have a look at the gauge.

News and current affairs

PALO ALTO - It is still too soon to gauge the full economic impact of President Barack Obama's implemented and proposed policies, but a preliminary read indicates limited short-term benefit at large long-term cost.
It is difficult to gauge Ríos Montt's actual popularity.
Two initiatives - the Polity Project, founded by political scientist Ted Gurr, and Freedom House's annual Freedom in the World surveys - gauge political rights in almost every country.
For starters, assessing and implementing aid policy requires developing tools to gauge accurately where need is greatest.
Life at the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's leading English language newspaper, and so a visible political gauge, offers a window into what is going on all across Hong Kong's institutions.
The gap between actual and potential GDP is thus a gauge of an economy's spare capacity.
But profitability should not be an end in itself; it is a tool to help managers determine the most effective use of their resources and gauge the company's competitiveness and vitality.
Another problem with using the five-year, five-year-forward rate of expected inflation to gauge QE's effectiveness is that the rate is correlated with oil prices.
They created tests that can establish a person's HIV status or gauge the disease's progression.
There are signs that the Syrians are unable to gauge American intentions on other issues as well.
A rough way to gauge the increasing importance of transnational organizations is to count how many times these organizations are mentioned in mainstream media publications.
For starters, finance provides an accurate yardstick to gauge if deeds are consistent with words.
Peretz was unable to gauge the strategic implications of his decisions.
It is impossible at this point to gauge the full extent of the damage with any degree of precision.
There will be several ways to gauge the election's relative success.
Each campaign is now desperately trying to gauge the impact of the financial crisis on these battleground states.
First, it is difficult to gauge popular sentiment outside the capital.
Conspicuously, Haiti's Dominican neighbors were the first to gauge the magnitude of the problem and the global nature of the required solution.

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