gauge
verb (used with object)
to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
has gauged
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present perfectof gauge (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For now, coach Dave Hakstol has gauged progress by team efforts.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Blum says he is troubled by “a small percentage of the audience” in the US who seem to think the purge is a good idea, judging by reactions he has gauged at screenings.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2018
Buck has gauged hundreds, if not thousands, of comics.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2016
Best Buy's head of mobile sales, Scott Anderson, said the retailer has gauged demand for the Z10 based on sales at Best Buy stores in Canada.
From Reuters ● Mar. 22, 2013
When a diver boasts that he can remain under water two or three minutes—and the boast is very common—he has gauged his endurance by his sensations, not by the clock.
From Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
