Meaning & use

Gaging

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A variant spelling of 'gauging,' meaning measuring or estimating the size, amount, or extent of something.

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The engineer was gaging the pressure inside the tank before the test began.

Analysts spent the week gaging public reaction to the new policy.

A note on using this word

Less common than 'gauging' in modern usage, though both spellings appear in dictionaries as acceptable variants.

Words with a similar meaning

gaugingmeasuringassessing

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