size up

• Verbo frasal usado para descrever a ação de avaliar, analisar ou formar uma opinião cuidadosa sobre alguém ou algo, muitas vezes antes de tomar uma decisão ou agir. Pode também significar medir o tamanho de algo.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of carefully assessing, evaluating, or forming an opinion about someone or something.

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Assess or evaluateinformal

   To carefully examine or judge someone or something to form an opinion.

   Avaliar

   • The detective sized up the suspect from across the room.
   • She sized up the competition before the race.
   • He quickly sized up the situation and decided to leave.

   Sinônimosappraiseassessevaluategaugejudgesum upsurvey

   Antônimosdismissignoremisjudgeneglectoverlook

2. Estimate dimensionsinformal

   To estimate the size, amount, or value of something.

   Estimar as dimensões

   • The carpenter sized up the wood before cutting it.
   • We need to size up the room to see if the furniture fits.
   • He sized up the cost of the repairs before agreeing.

   Sinônimosappraiseassessestimategaugemeasure