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measure out
verb as in admeasure
verb as in administer
verb as in disburse
verb as in disperse
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in distribute
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in divide
Strong matches
verb as in divvy up
verb as in graduate
verb as in partition
Example Sentences
Take care not to overfill the kettle by measuring out what is needed to keep costs down.
Nowadays rock groups are the producers of their own massaged, glossy documentaries — Bruce Springsteen has a “written by” credit on this year’s “Road Diary” — where even the revelations are carefully chosen and measured out.
But Caroline Copeland, a senior lecturer in pharmacology and toxicology at King's College London, says the drugs are so strong, it is difficult to measure out a safe dose.
There are differing methods of calculating an earthquake's power, usually measured out of 10 on what are known as seismic magnitude scales.
Katherine Wolf, a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley, said she voted ‘no’ on the measure out of concerns it would result in more people being locked up against their will.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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