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long measure

noun

  1. Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.


long measure

noun

  1. another name for linear measure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of long measure1

First recorded in 1710–20
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Example Sentences

Mr. Sivan is not the first gay pop star, by a long measure.

Mr. Trump wants an additional $54 billion in spending that already outpaces the rest of the world by a long measure.

“I’m a bit doubtful how long measures can keep the tensions under control in Jerusalem,” said Eran, a scholar at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.

"Truly, like thyself, a boy of long measure and ample fullness, whose mean surname is Nicholas," said the other laughing.

That rest which he would not give himself when his sensations prompted he has now to take in long measure.

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