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/ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ · noun
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.
It was Locke who concisely won the argument for a standardised gauge of 4ft 8½ inches over Brunel's 7ft 0 ¼in preference. […] Today, over 60% of the world's railways use that gauge.
A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
I'm talking about cocking a gauge in between your eyes.
I'm tryin to find ways to cope / But I ain't fuckin' round with the gauge or a rope
It happens everyday don't make me grab the gauge / Dangerously I play, I best to kill with the gauge / And put ya body in the back of that grey Chevrolet
Jenni didn't really look as though she fit in with the rest of the girls here, she had a nose piercing and angel bites, her long curly dark brown hair with red highlights was pulled back exposing gauges and many other ear piercings and a tattoo […]
Use 2 gauge when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
2 gauge means A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
Common synonyms include ear gauge, gage, judge, estimate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
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