Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in a measure

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables: in- a mea-sure
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

To a certain extent.

Example Sentences

"Both represent gropings of the human mind in the dark abysses of the past; both were in a measure grotesque anticipations of the modern theory of evolution."

Questions

What does in a measure mean?: To a certain extent.

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