ecm

Phonetic: "/ˈkaʊntə/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: One who counts

Example: He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.

Definition: A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.

Definition: An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

Example: He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.

Definition: A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

Definition: A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.

Definition: A hit counter.

Definition: A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted

Example: He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.

Definition: A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.

Definition: In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.

Definition: In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.

Definition: Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.

Definition: The prison attached to a city court; a compter.

Definition: (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Phonetic: "/ˈmɛʒəz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A prescribed quantity or extent.

Definition: The act or result of measuring.

Definition: Metrical rhythm.

Definition: A course of action.

Phonetic: "/ˈmɛʒəz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

Example: We measured the temperature with a thermometer.   You should measure the angle with a spirit level.

Definition: To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)

Example: The window measured two square feet.

Definition: To estimate the unit size of something.

Example: I measure that at 10 centimetres.

Definition: To judge, value, or appraise.

Definition: To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.

Definition: To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

Definition: To adjust by a rule or standard.

Definition: To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.