appropriate, effective, necessary, practical
We urge you to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee people's safety.

key
extraordinary, special
We had to resort to extraordinary measures to find employees.

simple
desperate, draconian, drastic, extreme, harsh, radical, repressive, strong, tough
emergency, urgent (esp. BrE)
interim, short-term, stopgap, temporary
additional
defensive, precautionary, preventative, preventive
disciplinary, punitive
corrective, remedial
protective, safety, security
New security measures were implemented to prevent further violence.

conservation, control
Development of new water sources needs to be combined with conservation measures.

austerity, cost-cutting, economy (esp. BrE), efficiency
economic, policy
government

package (esp. BrE), raft (BrE), range (esp. BrE), series, set (esp. AmE)
a package of measures aimed at cutting pollution

employ, implement, impose, institute, introduce, take, use
Special measures are being taken to protect the local water supplies.
The authorities are using increasingly repressive measures.

adopt, approve, enact, pass
The Committee unanimously approved the measure.

defeat, oppose, veto
The mayor threatened to veto a measure passed by the city council.

propose, suggest

be aimed at sth, be designed to, be intended to

measure against
tougher measures against racism

measure for
measures for reducing delays

broad, considerable, fair, generous, great, significant, substantial, wide

measure of
He poured me a generous measure of gin.

in considerable, large, some, etc. measure
His success was due in large measure to your help.

in equal measure
He's been praised and condemned in equal measure.

in no small measure

accurate, direct, fair, objective, precise
This figure alone is not a fair measure of our success.

broad
GDP is considered the broadest measure of a country's economic activity.

indirect
important
The price of housing relative to income is an important measure of real income.

quantitative, statistical
They tried to formulate a quantitative measure of well-being.

standard, standardized
Higher scores on this standardized measure indicate greater creativity.

imperial, metric
behavioural/behavioral (esp. AmE), performance
Companies can use their stock price as a performance measure.

calculate, derive, obtain
This measure is obtained by dividing corporate profits by corporate bond yields.

provide
This figure provides an objective measure of risk.

measure of
an accurate measure of length

weights and measures

crude, reliable, simple, true, useful, valid
A reliable measure of progress is whether your children can do something they couldn't do before.

important
Accepting the lower salary was seen as an important measure of commitment.

measure of
Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.

first, opening
The band began playing the opening measures.

hear, play, sing
He placed his fingers on the keys and played a few measures.

measure of
the first few measures of Mozart's third violin concerto

per measure, to a/the measure
a steady rhythm of four beats to a measure

accurately, exactly, precisely, reliably
empirically, objectively, quantitatively
Education policy places too much emphasis on things that can be quantitatively measured.

carefully
directly
Any type of data that could not be directly measured was rejected.

indirectly
easily
experimentally
up
We need to measure up the room for a new carpet.

be able to, can
You can now measure its length more accurately.

be easy to, be possible to
be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to

for
She's being measured for her wedding outfit.

in
Cloth is measured in yards.

easily
The policy's impact cannot be easily measured.

effectively
objectively

can
be easy to, be possible to
be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
It is hard to measure the benefits to society of the system.

be used to
the criteria that are used to measure performance

according to
Is it really possible to measure the skills of such jobs according to objective standards?

against
The school's performance is measured against a strict set of criteria.

by
The policy's effectiveness cannot be measured by numbers alone.

in terms of
Success cannot be measured merely in terms of the size of your salary.

a method of measuring sth, a way of measuring sth

Measure is used with these nouns as the subject:
earthquake, gauge, index, instrument, plot, researcher, room, test, thermometer

Measure is used with these nouns as the object:
ability, achievement, activity, angle, blood pressure, change, circumference, composition, density, diameter, dimension, distance, duration, effect, effectiveness, efficiency, emission, extent, fitness, flow, frequency, height, impact, incidence, index, intensity, length, level, magnitude, mass, movement, number, outcome, percentage, performance, productivity, progress, quality, radiation, radioactivity, rainfall, rate, reliability, risk, size, speed, strength, success, temperature, usage, value, voltage, volume, width, worth