Origin: Latin suffix -ment
Measurement has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
"the measurements were carefully done"
"his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
The act of measuring.
"The surveyor began his measurement of the property line at first light."
In plain English: Measurement is the process of finding out how much, how big, or how long something is by comparing it to a standard unit.
"She took the measurement of her waist before buying the dress."
Usage: Use measurement to refer to the general process or act of determining the size, amount, or degree of something. Do not use it as a synonym for the specific number obtained from that process.
The word measurement is formed by adding the suffix -ment to the verb measure. This construction simply indicates the act or result of measuring something.