Meaning & use
gauged
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Estimated or measured the amount, level, or quality of something, often using judgment or an instrument.
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She gauged the audience's reaction before deciding whether to continue the joke.
Engineers gauged the pressure in the pipeline every hour during the test.
A note on using this word
The word derives from "gauge," a standard measuring tool, and retains that sense of careful, deliberate estimation rather than a random guess.
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guessed blindly
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