gauge

/geɪdʒ/ v [T]

Definition

› to calculate an amount by using a measuring device or by your own judgment, or to make a judgment about people’s feelings: It was not easy to gauge his height from this distance, but he seemed pretty tall. [+ question word] It’s difficult to gauge how they’ll react when they hear the news.

(Definition of gauge v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)