Size Definition

sīz
sized, sizes, sizing
noun
sizes
That quality of a thing which determines how much space it occupies; dimensions or magnitude of a thing.
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Any of a series of graded classifications of measure into which merchandise is divided.
Jumbo-size peanuts, size nine shoes.
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Any of a series of graduated categories of dimension whereby manufactured articles, such as shoes and clothing, are classified.
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Extent, magnitude, amount, etc.
An undertaking of great size.
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Relatively large amount, dimensions, etc.
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verb
sized, sizes, sizing
To make of a certain size.
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To arrange or grade according to size.
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To apply size to; fill, stiffen, or glaze with size.
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adjective
Sized. Often used in combination.
Bite-size appetizers; an economy-size package.
American Heritage
affix
Life-size.
Webster's New World
idiom
of a size
  • of one or the same size
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size up
  • to make an estimate or judgment of
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Other Word Forms of Size

Noun

Singular:
size
Plural:
sizes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Size

Origin of Size

  • From Middle English sise, syse (“regulation, control, limit"), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise "assize". Displaced native Middle English grete, grette (“size") (from Old English grÄ«etu, grȳtu (“size, greatness")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Old Italian sisa, a glue used by painters, shortened from assisa, from assiso, to make to sit, to seat, to place.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English sise from Old French court session, law short for assise assize

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English sise probably from Old French a setting size1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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