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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
gauge
/ˈɡeɪdʒ/
noun1 of 2
a tool used to measure things
- “According to the gas gauge, we still have half a tank.”Tatoeba
- “Keep an eye on the fuel gauge.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 2
To estimate.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)