[
UK
/sˈaɪz/
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[ US /ˈsaɪz/ ]
[ US /ˈsaɪz/ ]
NOUN
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the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
a wolf is about the size of a large dog -
any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics
size gives body to a fabric -
the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)
he wears a size 13 shoe -
the actual state of affairs
that's the size of the situation
she hates me, that's about the size of it -
a large magnitude
the only city of any size in that area
he blanched when he saw the size of the bill
VERB
- sort according to size
- cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
- make to a size; bring to a suitable size
ADJECTIVE
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(used in combination) sized
average-size house
the economy-size package
How To Use size In A Sentence
- The application of fertilizer increased the size of the plants.
- Depending on the size of your pippy bag, the proportions will be all wrong, and it will look a bit like a three-dimensional stick person with a huge bloated hydrocephalic head, but don't worry about that. Hooting Yard
- Forbes: In terms of scale, the size of a bank for lending, is there a point where being bigger does not make you more efficient in lending? Transcript: Richard Bove
- We're currently shrinking the size of technology by a factor of 5.6 per linear dimension per decade, so it is conservative to say that this scenario will be feasible in a few decades.
- From the combined results Thomas's group estimated an average particle size of 100 for the copper metal aggregates.
- It was of average size with an unmade bed sitting in one corner, a night table, two dressers, a bureau, a desk, a small TV, and a lot of posters on the wall.
- It was a homey room, though a little too flowery for me, with prints of cabbage-size roses on the slipcovers and curtains. Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
- Considering my diminutiveness, the size of the pail in my lap, and my drinking out of it my breath held and my face buried to the ears in foam, it was rather difficult to estimate how much I drank. Chapter 3
- I've wondered why pop-up ads and new larger sized, intrusively placed ads are so annoying.
- The only element of the production that fails to satisfy is the heavily miked, synthesizer-dominated orchestra, which sounds artificial and dead. A 'King' That Is Full of Aces
