gauge

CEFRC1

/ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A tool used to measure the amount or size of something.

  2. 02

    verb

    To measure or judge something carefully.

Examples

  • Since when has the petrol gauge stopped working?

  • Is there an air gauge here?

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɡæɪd͡ʒ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An act of measuring.

  2. An estimate.

  3. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

More examples

In context

  • The fuel gauge is broken.

  • 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt

  • A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.