- 1to make a judgment about something, especially people's feelings or attitudes gauge something They interviewed employees to gauge their reaction to the changes. He tried to gauge her mood. gauge whether, how, etc… It was difficult to gauge whether he was angry or not.
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- 2gauge something to measure something accurately using a special instrument precision instruments that can gauge the diameter to a fraction of a millimeter
- 3gauge something gauge how, what, etc… to calculate something approximately We were able to gauge the strength of the wind from the movement of the trees. It is impossible to gauge the extent of the damage.
gauge
verbNAmE//ɡeɪdʒ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they gauge he / she / it gauges
past simple gauged
-ing form gauging
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