"measure" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

measure verbo

measure + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 137
measure progress • measure changes • measure success • measure temperature • measure time • measure several inches • ...
verbo + measure
Kolokacji: 8
use to measure • try to measure • allow to measure • involve measuring • begin measuring • ...
measure + preposición
Kolokacji: 35
measured by • measured against • measure up • measure out • measured in • ...
measure + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 59
carefully measure • accurately measure • measured directly • precisely measure • actually measure • ...
  • Any point he wanted to make here, though, would have to be carefully measured.
  • But in large part, the city's reaction was carefully measured.
  • Carefully measuring his steps, he continued on without looking back.
  • Her eyes were better than arms, keeping him at a carefully measured distance.
  • When he finally spoke, the words emerged as if they had been carefully measured.
  • Her hands moved over the skull, carefully measuring the space between the eyes.
  • His carefully measured speech left her feeling utterly help- less.
  • Then carefully measure the distance between the string and the surface at several points.
  • The dance began with carefully measured steps for a cast of six.
  • Her voice was carefully measured; she had prepared these words while they waited for him to come.

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