gauge

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gauge /g'eɪdʒ/ (gauges gauging gauged)
1 [VERB] V n, V n
If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind.
He gauged the wind at over thirty knots...
Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles.
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured.
...temperature gauges.
...pressure gauges.
3 [VERB] V n
If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them.
...as he gauged possible enemy moves and his own responses...
= assess
4 [N-SING] usu N of n
A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them.
The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.
= measure
5 [N-COUNT] usu n N
A gauge is the distance between the two rails on a railway line.
...a narrow gauge railway.
6 [N-COUNT]
A gauge is the thickness of something, especially metal or wire.

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