noun · neutral
measurement
UK/ˈmeʒəmənt/US/ˈmeʒərmənt/MEA·sure·ment
Band 4-5task1task2speaking
the act or process of measuring; a value obtained by measuring
Examples
“Accurate measurement of temperature is crucial in this experiment.”
“She recorded the measurements in her notebook.”
“The device provides quick and reliable measurements.”
Band 8 sentence
“Accurate measurement of air temperature was critical for calculating the experiment's rate constants.”
Collocations
- accurate measurement
- take a measurement
- measurement error
Word family
measure verb/nounmeasurable adjective
Common mistakes
take measurement→take a measurement
the measurements was correct→the measurements were correct
Say it for a higher band
5size→6measure→7+measurement
Synonyms
metric
Easily confused
estimate
“The engineer's estimate was useful, but the actual measurements differed slightly.”
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