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A common measure of poverty is how much money you have in relation to other people - that is useful as far as it goes, but that excludes the case of, say, a hunter in the rainforest who has no money but is not poor. And there can be a number of people with money but who can consider themselves unwanted or invisible or estranged from society.
William T. Vollmann

Meaning of "common measure" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMMON MEASURE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMON MEASURE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Common measure is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMMON MEASURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Common metre

Common metre or common measure — abbreviated as C. M. or CM — is a poetic metre consisting of four lines which alternate between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, rhyming in the pattern a-b-a-b. The metre is denoted by the syllable count of each line, i.e. 8.6.8.6 or 86.86, depending on style, or by its shorthand abbreviation "CM". It has historically been used for ballads such as "Tam Lin", and hymns such as "Amazing Grace" and the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem". The upshot of this commonality is that lyrics of one song can be sung to the tune of another; for example, "Advance Australia Fair", the national anthem of Australia, can be sung to the tune of "House of the Rising Sun".

Definition of common measure in the English dictionary

The definition of common measure in the dictionary is the usual stanza form of a ballad, consisting of four iambic lines rhyming a b c b or a b a b.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMON MEASURE

common good
common ground
common gull
common iguana
common knowledge
common land
common law
common lodging house
common logarithm
Common Market
common metre
common multiple
common noun
common oak
common of turbary
common or garden
common partridge
common pleas
common prayer
common ragweed

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMON MEASURE

countermeasure
displeasure
dry measure
economy measure
embrasure
erasure
for good measure
half measure
liquid measure
made to measure
made-to-measure
measure
pleasure
rasure
remeasure
safety measure
security measure
square measure
tape measure
to be sure
treasure

Synonyms and antonyms of common measure in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «common measure» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMMON MEASURE

Find out the translation of common measure to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of common measure from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «common measure» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

常见措施
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medida común
570 millions of speakers

English

common measure
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आम उपाय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقياس مشترك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

общей мерой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

medida comum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণ পরিমাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

commune mesure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Langkah biasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gemeinsame Maßnahme
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

公約数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일반적인 측정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ukuran umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biện pháp phổ biến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொதுவான நடவடிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य उपाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ortak ölçü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

azione comune
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wspólne działanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загальною мірою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

măsură comună
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινής δράσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

algemene maatstaf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gemensam åtgärd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

felles mål
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about common measure

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William T. Vollmann
A common measure of poverty is how much money you have in relation to other people - that is useful as far as it goes, but that excludes the case of, say, a hunter in the rainforest who has no money but is not poor. And there can be a number of people with money but who can consider themselves unwanted or invisible or estranged from society.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMON MEASURE»

Discover the use of common measure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to common measure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Euclid's Elements in Greek:
So it is required to find the greatest common measure of A, B, C. For let the greatest common measure of the two (magnitudes)A and B have been taken [ Prop. 10.3], and let it be D. So D either measures, or [does] not [measure], C. Let it, first of ...
Richard Fitzpatrick, 2007
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American common-school arithmetic ...
The Greatest Common Measure of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will measure them. Thus, 3 is a common measure of 6, 18, and 24 ; so is 2 ; but their greatest common measure is 6. What is the greatest common measure of ...
Rufus Putnam, 1849
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Encyclopedia Metropolitana
To determine the greatest common measure of two quantities. Let the lesser be A , and the greater B. Let B be divided by A, and if there be no remainder, A is the greatest common measure, since it measures itself and B. But if there be a ...
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Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Pure sciences
To determine the greatest common measure common 0f two quantities. measure. tne iesser De ^ an(j the greater B. Let B be divided by A, and if there be no remainder, A is the greatest common measure, since it measures itself and B. But if ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
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Encyclopaedia of pure mathematics
To determine the greatest common measure common Df two quantities. Let the lesser be A, and the greater B. Let B be divided by A, and if there be no remainder, A is the greatest common measure, since it measures itself and B. But if there ...
Peter Barlow, George Peacock, Dionysius Lardner, 1847
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
To determine the greatest common measure tommoa 0f two quantities. measure. Let the ,esger be A> and tne greater B. Let B be divided by A, and if there be no remainder, A is the greatest common measure, since it measures itself and B. But  ...
Encyclopaedia, Edward Smedley, 1845
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The Elements of Algebra ... Eleventh edition, carefully ...
To find the Greatest Common Measure of three quantities, a, b, 0, find d the Greatest Common Measure of a and b; and the Greatest Common Measure of d and c is the Greatest Common Measure required. Because every common measure of ...
James WOOD (Dean of Ely.), Thomas LUND (B.D., Mathematician.), 1861
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra, in Theory and Practice: ...
x measures c by the units in n — qm-\-pqn, that is, every common measure of c and b measures d. Now it has been shown that d is a common measure of a and b; and the greatest measure of d is evidently itself; consequently d is the greatest  ...
John D. Williams, 1840
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The Elements of Algebra Designed for the Use of Students in ...
To find the Greatest Common Measure of three quantities, a, b, 0, find (1 the Greatest Common Measure of a and b; and the Greatest Common Measure of d and c is the Greatest Common Measure required. Because every common measure ...
James Wood, Thomas Lund, John Robert Lunn, 1857
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A Treatise on the Elements of Algebra ... Fifth edition [of ...
sures d by the units in n —qm+pqn, and as it also measures a and I), the numbers a, I), and d have a common measure. Now the greatest common measure of d is itself ,- consequently d is the greatest common measure of a and 1/. Hence this ...
Bewick BRIDGE, 1821

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMON MEASURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term common measure is used in the context of the following news items.
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Class struggle
... and 200 percent of their states' median income – the most common measure of middle-class income – shrank between 2000 and 2013. «Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Do Greece and Miami have the same GDP?
Because fact-checkers looked at the numbers and found a common measure of the Gross Domestic Product, Greece's economy is about as big ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»
3
Australian Super tops returns for the financial year
Over five years, a common measure that now postdates the GFC, the number was 10.2 per cent a year. The general definition of a balanced ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
Life insurers to see 12-15% growth on annual premium equivalent …
Annualised Premium Equivalent (APE) is a common measure of new business sales in the life insurance industry. It is calculated as annualised ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
5
Porn viewing not harmful as other addictions: Study
The team focused on "late positive potential" (LPP), a common measure for the intensity of the brain's emotional response at a given moment. «Gizmodo India, Jul 15»
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Alaska Airlines logs big boost in passengers as it combats rival Delta
Just in the first half of the year it raised available seat miles, a common measure of capacity, by 11.2 percent to 17.3 million seats. The data ... «Puget Sound Business Journal, Jul 15»
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World's Largest Law Firm Gets Even Bigger
... its global profit per equity partner figure—the most common measure of profitability—and has taken out advertisements saying the same. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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Poverty, inequality and airport expansion: factchecking Prime …
A common measure of inequality is the Gini coefficient. It did show a slight fall under the last government but, as the graph shows, the measure ... «Full Fact, Jul 15»
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Boomer alert: Exercise keeps your brain young
... were measured for maximal oxygen intake (VO2max), a common measure of aerobic fitness measured as you run on a treadmill and breathe ... «Mother Nature Network, Jul 15»
10
Hong Kong's Umbrella Protests Were More Than Just a Student …
It has a Gini coefficient—a common measure of income disparity between rich and poor—lying well above 0.5, the level at which sociologists ... «ChinaFile, Jul 15»

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