Survey's proceeding (7)

I believe the answer is:

measure

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'survey's' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'proceeding' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for measure that I've seen before include "Act; rule" , "Take dimensions of" , "capacity" , "Shakespeare play: ''Measure for . . . . . . .''" , "Find the dimensions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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