ADJ
- appropriate, effective, necessary, practical
- We urge you to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee people's safety
- important, key, special
- simple
- desperate, draconian, drastic, extreme, harsh, radical, repressive, strong, tough
- emergency, urgent
- interim, short-term, temporary
- defensive, precautionary, preventative
- disciplinary, punitive
- corrective, remedial
- safety, security
- New security measures implemented to prevent further violence
- austerity, cost-cutting, economy, efficiency
- economic, policy
- government
QUANT
- package, range, series
- a package of measures aimed at cutting pollution
VERB + MEASURE
- adopt, implement, impose, introduce, take
- Special measures are being taken to protect the local water supplies
- propose, suggest
MEASURE + VERB
- be aimed at sth, be designed to, be intended to
PREP
- ~ against
- tougher measures against racism
- ~ for
- measures for reducing delays
ADJ
- broad, considerable, fair, generous, great, significant, substantial, wide
PREP
- ~ of
- He poured me a generous measure of whisky
PHRASES
- in large/some measure
- His success was due in large measure to your help
- in equal measure, in no small measure
ADJ
- accurate, direct, objective, precise
PREP
- ~ of
- an accurate measure of length
ADJ
- crude, simple, true, useful
PREP
- ~ of
- Landed income was the true measure of the gentry
ADV
- accurately, exactly, precisely
- carefully
- directly
- Any type of data that could not be directly measured was rejected
- easily
- experimentally
- up
- We need to measure the room up for a new carpet
VERB + MEASURE
- be able to, can/cannot
- You can now measure its length more accurately
- be easy to, be possible to
- be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
PREP
- for
- She's being measured for her wedding outfit
- in
- Cloth is measured in metres
ADV
- easily
- The policy's impact cannot be easily measured
- effectively
- objectively
VERB + MEASURE
- can/cannot
- be easy to, be possible to
- be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
- It is hard to measure the benefits to society of this scheme
- be used to
- the criteria that are used to measure performance
PREP
- according to
- Is it really possible to measure the skills of such jobs according to objective standards?
- against
- The school's performance is measured against a strict set of criteria
- by
- The policy's effectiveness cannot be measured by numbers alone
- in terms of
- Success cannot be measured merely in terms of the size of your salary
PHRASES
- a method/way of measuring sth