| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Great extent, amount, or dimension: amplitude, bulk, magnitude, mass, volume (often used in plural). See BIG. 2. The amount of space occupied by something: dimension, extent, magnitude, measure, proportion (often used in plural). See BIG. 3. The quality or state of being large in amount, extent, or importance: amplitude, bigness, greatness, largeness, magnitude, sizableness. See BIG. | | PHRASAL VERB: | size up To make a judgment as to the worth or value of: appraise, assay, assess, calculate, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, rate1, valuate, value. Idioms: take the measure of. See VALUE.
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