gauge

Definition

• n. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
• n. accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
• n. the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
• n. the thickness of wire

Word forms

Past participle

gauged

Present participle

gauging

Past tense

gauged

Third person singular

gauges

Example sentences

1. n.

   The mechanic used a gauge to check the tire pressure.

2. vt.

   It’s hard to gauge how much time we need to finish the project.

3. n.

   He used a gauge to measure the thickness of the wire.