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means To find or assign a size, amount, or extent to something using a standard unit or scale.

from From Old French 'mesure', from Latin 'mensura' (a measuring, a measured amount), rooted in the verb 'metiri' — to measure. That Latin root goes back to a very old Indo-European base tied to the idea of measuring out or portioning, which also gave English words like 'immense' (literally 'unmeasurable') and 'dimension'. So the word has always carried this quiet double duty: measuring things, and marking the edge of what can't be measured.