Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin mēnsūrāre, from Latin mēnsūra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mi.zuˈra.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mi‧su‧rà‧re

Verb

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misuràre (first-person singular present misùro, first-person singular past historic misurài, past participle misuràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to measure, to measure out, to measure off, to gauge, to survey
    Il metodo per misurare il successo delle politiche sulla droga è sbagliato.
    The method for measuring success of drug policy is flawed.
  2. (transitive) to value, to estimate, to appraise, to gauge
    Synonyms: valutare, giudicare, calcolare
  3. (transitive) to try on (clothes)
    Synonym: provare
  4. (intransitive) to measure (a specified quantity), to have (specified) measurements; to be long, wide, etc.
    Synonym: essere lungo, largo, etc.

Conjugation

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