to gauge
3
4.5
- verb
- /ɡeɪdʒ/
- Specialized
:
calibrar
- To ensure your cakes rise properly, always gauge the oven temperature before baking.
Examples
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Before mixing the paint, you should gauge how much of each color you need.
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The autopilot had gauged nicely; airlocks were nearly aligned.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's going to be really hard to gauge with thermal paste on there.
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The main thing is that you keep track of some kind of measure whereby you can gauge the progress that you've made.
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What's needed is a device that can gauge the inside crown of the tube, which is exposed directly to the flame.
Academic text (1994) -
You can play at various difficulty levels, gauged from novice beginners at level 1 to expert at level 10.
Blog text (17) -
And so when you're ordering your denim online, look at the oz for to gauge how thick the denim is going to be.
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Subordinate individuals must be adaptable in their reproductive strategies, gauging the conditions in a given year.
Academic text (2009) -
Real maturity, psychological adult-level maturity, can be gauged by its consistency, and teenagers are anything but consistent.
Academic text (2005) -
In order to create a fine sculpture, the artist must gauge the dimensions of the clay carefully.
Synonyms
61
3.5
To change the size or amount of something to fit a standard
36
6.0
Adjust a measuring instrument so it gives accurate results
13
7.2
To mark a container with lines to measure liquids accurately
4
3.6
To take an exact amount using a cup, spoon, or ruler
1
3.7
To measure and control how much liquid or gas flows
1
7.8
To mark the measurements on a drawing or object
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.8
A device that measures how hard a gas or liquid pushes inside a system
- Specialized
1
6.8
A railway track with rails closer together than on a standard railway
- Specialized
1
3.5
The distance between the inside edges of two rails used by most railways
- Specialized
A railway track with wider space between the rails than the standard track, allowing larger trains
- Specialized
A tool that measures rain using a float on the top of the collected water
- Specialized
A tool that measures very small distances or thicknesses using a fine screw
- Specialized
An instrument with a pointed tool on an adjustable stand used to mark and check flat surfaces like metal plates
How Accurate
- Specialized
36
6.0
- Specialized
3
4.5
- US
83
4.2
317
2.7
23
3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gauge comes from an old French word jauge meaning 'a measure'. Because people used measures to get things right, to gauge can also mean to adjust or mix something to the correct amount or standard.