the measure of a man
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see measure, man.
Example Sentences
- "The measure of a family is indeed the measure of a man — and a woman ! What we need today in the twentieth - century church , as the Christians did in Crete , are more Christlike family models . This is especially true in a society[…]"
- "We can more easily appreciate the correct measure of a man when Death , by removing him from our sight , paradoxically enables us to see him better . We can more readily comprehend the valor and gallantry of a man in battle when by the[…]"
- "And what's in the heart defines the measure of a man"