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Synonyms for gauging

Grammar : Verb
Spell : geyj
Phonetic Transcription : geɪdʒ

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Définition of gauging

Origin :
  • "ascertain by exact measurements," mid-15c., from Anglo-French gauge (mid-14c.), from Old North French gauger (Old French jauger), from gauge "gauging rod," perhaps from Frankish *galgo "rod, pole for measuring" or another Germanic source (cf. Old Norse gelgja "pole, perch," Old High German galgo; see gallows). Related: Gauged; gauging. The figurative use is from 1580s.
  • verb measure, judge
Example sentences :
  • In a considered, gauging tone George replied, "They're real."
  • Extract from : « The Hohokam Dig » by Theodore Pratt
  • Even Joe himself laughs at the notion of gauging my expenses by his.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • Human kind have three measures for gauging the other fellow.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • And above it still the gauging purpose, the strong, quick thinking.
  • Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
  • I kept my eye on the nose of the ram, gauging it by some object behind.
  • Extract from : « An Autobiography » by Elizabeth Butler
  • This is a simple and convenient method of cropping and gauging.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • He was a novelist, and of the three may be said to have had some practice in the gauging of character.
  • Extract from : « Command » by William McFee
  • After gauging and planing the supports to depth as Fig. 4, saw off to the 6-in.
  • Extract from : « Hand-Craft » by John D. Sutcliffe
  • To her it was a new and puzzling contrivance, and she had no means of gauging the heat of the oven.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Bindle » by Hebert Jenkins
  • I was gauging her because she distressed me, was her thought.
  • Extract from : « The Kempton-Wace Letters » by Jack London

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