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Synonyms of gauge in English:

gauge

(US gage)

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See Spanish definition of calcular

noun

1‘she checked the temperature gauge’

SYNONYMS
measuring instrument, measuring device, meter, measure
indicator, dial, scale, index, display

2‘exports are an important gauge of economic activity’

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measure, indicator, barometer, basis, standard, point of reference, guide, guideline, touchstone, yardstick, benchmark, criterion, example, model, pattern, formula, exemplar, sample, test, litmus test

3‘the railway has a track gauge of two feet’

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size, measure, extent, degree, scope, capacity, magnitude
width, breadth, area, thickness, span, depth, height
bore, calibre, diameter

verb

1‘astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness’

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measure, calculate, compute, work out, determine, ascertain
count, weigh, quantify, put a figure on

2‘it is difficult to gauge how effective the ban was’

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assess, evaluate, appraise, analyse, weigh up, get the measure of, judge, adjudge, rate, reckon, determine, estimate, guess
form an opinion of, form an impression of, make up one's mind about
informal guesstimate, size up