measure
noun
a unit or standard of measurement.
am measuring
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present progressiveof measure (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Go, go,” said he, “I am busy; I am measuring butter.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
I feel that I am measuring myself and my poor powers against all sorts of nameless gifts.
From The Moving Finger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
I hope you will not get, from what I have said, an idea that I am measuring the success of my efforts by material advancement.
From Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements by Booker T. Washington
"Go, go," said he, "I am busy - I am measuring butter."
From New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson
Suppose that the events I am measuring are in fact fairly described by Fig.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
