Antonyms for gauges
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : geyj |
Phonetic Transcription : geɪdʒ |
Definition of gauges
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.
- noun measure, standard
- verb measure, judge
- But the balladists and ballad characters had their own gauges of conduct.
- Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie
- Grantline could not set his gauges fast enough to fire at every round.
- Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
- Four are assorted for gauges of different radii, for moulding-irons, etc.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 » by Various
- For the first time in twenty years, the gauges were examined.
- Extract from : « Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! » by Warner Van Lorne
- Faces and motives were to him what gauges and log-entries were to the Engineer.
- Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn
- Glancing about, he located the gauges that reported the air pressure beyond.
- Extract from : « This World Must Die! » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- How to read the gauges at a glance and understand just what they mean.
- Extract from : « How to Become an Engineer » by Frank W. Doughty
- The implements and the products of industry are the gauges of civilization.
- Extract from : « The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No. 11, November, 1885 » by Various
- The ball is coming towards one and one gauges the distance and strikes.
- Extract from : « The Soul of Golf » by Percy Adolphus Vaile
- The gauges are trembling over the 150 mark now—enough to get away with.
- Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee
Synonyms for gauges
- adjudge
- appraise
- ascertain
- assess
- barometer
- basis
- benchmark
- bore
- calculate
- calibrate
- capacity
- check
- check out
- compute
- count
- criterion
- degree
- depth
- determine
- estimate
- evaluate
- example
- exemplar
- extent
- eye
- figure
- figure in
- guess
- guesstimate
- guide
- guideline
- have one's number
- height
- indicator
- look over
- magnitude
- mark
- meter
- model
- norm
- pattern
- peg
- quantify
- quantitate
- rate
- reckon
- rule
- sample
- scale
- scope
- size
- size up
- span
- take account of
- tally
- test
- thickness
- touchstone
- type
- value
- weigh
- width
- yardstick
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