gage

noun

ˈgāj How to pronounce gage (audio)
Definition of gagenext
as in guarantee
something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise in the old days a sheriff would take gage in the form of personal goods from an accused person who then had to appear in court or forfeit the goods

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Recent Examples of gage Lake Mead has become the gage through which to measure the wider water scarcity crisis in California. — Photovogue, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2026 Water on the Town and Country hotel parking lot adjacent to the river and USGS gage. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026 The analysis tracked all the instances in which the gages reached a daily average height at or above flooding levels since the year 2000. — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025 The initial symptoms may present as constipation; poor feeding; a drooping eyelid; sluggish pupils; flattened facial expression; diminished suck and gage reflexes; weak and altered cry and respiratory difficulty, the CDC adds. — Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gage
  1. guarantee
  2. pledge
  3. security
Noun
  • Obviously, there’s no guarantee a healthy Hurts would win those awards.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Past performance definitely is no guarantee of future results, of course.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of guarantee
Noun
  • New York — Brett Smiley was elected mayor of Providence in 2022 on a pledge to build more housing and get things done in Rhode Island’s capital city.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • And while tax law partially achieves his pledge to eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, the reality is a little more complicated.
    — Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of pledge
Noun
  • And security researchers have found vulnerabilities in the app, including one that allowed an attacker to access user data, the Information reported.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Raj Panjabi is a Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham physician, adviser to the Governors Public Health Alliance, and former White House senior director for global health security and biodefense at the National Security Council.
    — Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of security

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“Gage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gage. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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