gage

Object

• reaction: Our immediate task was to gage the reactions to the preliminary ideas that we had presented.

Converse of object

• have: Surely it is important to have a gage which accurately show the correct amount of fuel left in the tank for safety reasons?

Modifies a noun

• wire: First, they act as intermediate points for attaching ribbon leads of thin gage wire to heavier instrumentation wires.
• probe: In an analog gage probe, two small transformers share a common magnetic core.
• reading: You would need considerable experience to determine the correct refrigerant charge by using the pressure gage readings.

Modifying Another Word

• really: You can never really gage what the reaction is going to be from the people you write about.

Noun used with modifier

• strain: It will accept any type of strain gage based load cell.
• rain: Some of... goes to a rain gage at the same time each day, reads the amount of rainfall.. .
• pressure: You would need considerable experience to determine the correct refrigerant charge by using the pressure gage readings.
• fuel: This way the body stores up energy and with breakfast the following morning, biker's fuel gages should be on almost full.

Used with why or when

• what: You can never really gage what the reaction is going to be from the people you write about.
• who: One of the problems of an internet forum is that you can't really gage who you're talking to.