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Definition of gage noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gage

noun
 
/ɡeɪdʒ/
 
/ɡeɪdʒ/
(US English)
(also gauge British and North American English)
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  1. (often in compounds) an instrument for measuring the amount or level of something
    • a fuel/pressure/temperature gage
  2. a measurement of how wide or thick something is
    • What gage of wire do we need?
  3. (also bore especially in British English)
    a measurement of how wide the barrel of a gun is
    • a 12-gage shotgun
  4. the distance between the rails of a railway track or the wheels of a trainTopics Transport by bus and trainc2
  5. [usually singular] gage (of something) a fact or an event that can be used to estimate or judge something
    • This company is seen as a gage of the country's industrial well-being.

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