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noun any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
noun how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
noun a statute in draft before it becomes law
originFrom Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measure”), mētior (“to measure”, supine stem in mēns-) + -tūra. Largely displaced native Old English metan ("to measure" whence modern mete) and ġemet (“a measure”). See also -ure.
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