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size (sīz)

noun

  1. that quality of a thing which determines how much space it occupies; dimensions or magnitude of a thing
  2. any of a series of graded classifications of measure into which merchandise is divided jumbo-size peanuts, size nine shoes
    1. extent, magnitude, amount, etc. an undertaking of great size
    2. relatively large amount, dimensions, etc.
  4. character of a person with regard to ability to meet requirements
  5. Informal actual condition; true state of affairs that's the size of it
  6. Obsolete standard ration or allowance, as of food

Etymology: ME < OFr sise, aphetic for assise: see assize

transitive verb sized, sizing siz′·ing

  1. to make of a certain size
  2. to arrange or grade according to size

Related Forms:

size Idioms

of a size

of one or the same size

size up

☆ Informal
  1. to make an estimate or judgment of
  2. to meet requirements or specifications
size2 definition

size (sīz)

noun

any thin, pasty or gluey substance used as a glaze or filler on porous materials, as on plaster, paper, or cloth

Etymology: ME syse, prob. < MFr sise, a setting: see size

transitive verb sized, sizing siz′·ing

to apply size to; fill, stiffen, or glaze with size

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size Synonyms

size

n.

  1. Measurement

    extent, area, dimension; see measurement 2.

  2. Magnitude

    bulk, largeness, greatness, extent, vastness, amplitude, scope, immensity, enormity, stature, capaciousness, hugeness, humongousness*, breadth, substance, volume, bigness, highness, mass, extension, intensity, capacity, proportion; see also extent, quantity.

of a size

similar, matched, paired; see alike 1.


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size Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • vary: With sites of varying sizes there is undoubtedly something for everyone.

Adjective modifier

  • maximum: The command sets the maximum size of the Tcl call stack only.

Modifies a noun

  • bed: The main bedroom has en-suite facilities, with a king size bed.

Noun used with modifier

  • font: Font size changes achieved with FONT are relative to the base font size set by BASEFONT.
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size quotes

   We all know how the size of sums of money appears to vary in a remarkable wayaccording as they are being paid in or paid out.

-Huxley, SirJulian Sorell

Fleas know not whether they are upon the body of a giant or upon one of ordinary size.

-Landor,Walter Savage

With each generation the entire race passes through the body of its womanhood as through a mould, reappearing withtheindeliblemarks ofthat mould upon it, that as the os cervix of woman, through which the head of the human infant passes at birth, forms a ring, determining for ever the size at birth of the human head†so exactly the intellectual capacity, the physical vigour, the emotional depth of woman, forms also an untranscendable circle, circumscribing with each successive generation the limits of expansion of the human race. 720

-Iron

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