The article is devoted to the linguistic and cognitive analysis of anthropocentric units of measurement and their interpretation in the English language. Anthropocentrism is an important and inseparable characteristic of the picture of the world created by human cognition, and it is clearly manifested in the process of perceiving and evaluating the surrounding environment through language. Anthropocentric methods of measurement were initially based on the human body and its capabilities and were mainly used to determine distance and volume. These measurements have remained actively preserved in language and culture up to the present day and, in some cases, are also used to express weight. The results of th e study show that anthropometric indicators play an important role not only in the evaluation of spatial measurements but also in assessing abstract concepts such as time, speed, temperature, capacity, and even rhythm. In everyday cognition, quantity is of ten evaluated not through exact calculation or measurement, but rather in an “objectified” form, subjectively, which is reflected in linguistic units. The article also examines the issue of expressing quantity in everyday speech on the basis of subjective evaluation rather than precise measurement. The results of the study contribute to a deeper understanding of the significance of the anthropocentric approach in linguistics. Anthropocentrism, interpretation, universe, time, dimension, worldview.