"measuring" meaning in English

See measuring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ [General-American, UK], /ˈmeɪ.ʒə.ɹɪŋ/ [US, regional], /ˈmeʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-measuring.wav [US] Forms: measurings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} measuring (plural measurings)
  1. Act of measurement. Derived forms: measuring chain Translations (act of measurement): mittaus (Finnish), medição [feminine] (Portuguese), mensuração [feminine] (Portuguese), medida [feminine] (Portuguese), arqueação [feminine] (Portuguese), измере́ние (izmerénije) [neuter] (Russian), вимі́рювання (vymírjuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-measuring-en-noun-UKkgskVM

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɛʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ [General-American, UK], /ˈmeɪ.ʒə.ɹɪŋ/ [US, regional], /ˈmeʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-measuring.wav [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} measuring
  1. present participle and gerund of measure Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: measure
    Sense id: en-measuring-en-verb-aUacH8Vr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

Inflected forms

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