How to spell gauge

Gauge is spelled G-A-U-G-E.

hear itgauge/ɡeɪdʒ/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A tool used for measuring or assessing something.

In a sentence: We used a gauge to see how much rain fell last night.

Same family: gauging, gauged, assessment, estimate, evaluate. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Gauge comes from Old French 'jauge', meaning a standard measure or scale. Over time, its meaning broadened from a physical measuring tool to the more abstract idea of judging or estimating something, like feelings, risk, or difficulty.

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