Antonyms for gauging

Grammar : Verb

Spell : geyj

Phonetic Transcription : geɪdʒ

subtract

Definition of gauging

Origin : "ascertain by exact measurements," mid-15c., from Anglo-French gauge (mid-14c.), from Old North French gauger (Old French jauger), from gauge "gauging rod," perhaps from Frankish *galgo "rod, pole for measuring" or another Germanic source (cf. Old Norse gelgja "pole, perch," Old High German galgo; see gallows). Related: Gauged; gauging. The figurative use is from 1580s.

verb measure, judge

Example sentences :

In a considered, gauging tone George replied, "They're real."
Extract from : « The Hohokam Dig » by Theodore Pratt

Even Joe himself laughs at the notion of gauging my expenses by his.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Human kind have three measures for gauging the other fellow.
Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

And above it still the gauging purpose, the strong, quick thinking.
Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz

I kept my eye on the nose of the ram, gauging it by some object behind.
Extract from : « An Autobiography » by Elizabeth Butler

This is a simple and convenient method of cropping and gauging.
Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose

He was a novelist, and of the three may be said to have had some practice in the gauging of character.
Extract from : « Command » by William McFee

After gauging and planing the supports to depth as Fig. 4, saw off to the 6-in.
Extract from : « Hand-Craft » by John D. Sutcliffe

To her it was a new and puzzling contrivance, and she had no means of gauging the heat of the oven.
Extract from : « Mrs. Bindle » by Hebert Jenkins

I was gauging her because she distressed me, was her thought.
Extract from : « The Kempton-Wace Letters » by Jack London

Synonyms for gauging

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