size

[size]

The physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

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Noun
the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"

Noun
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"

Noun
a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"

Noun
the actual state of affairs; "that''s the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that''s about the size of it"

Noun
any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric"

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Verb
make to a size; bring to a suitable size

Verb
sort according to size

Verb
cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

Adjective S.
(used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house"

n.
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v. i.
A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.

v. i.
Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.

v. t.
To cover with size; to prepare with size.

n.
A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.

n.
An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford.

n.
Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock.

n.
Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.

n.
A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale.

n.
An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls.

v. t.
To fix the standard of.

v. t.
To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk.

v. t.
To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.

v. t.
To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.

v. t.
To swell; to increase the bulk of.

v. t.
To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting.

v. i.
To take greater size; to increase in size.

v. i.
To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

Size

Size , n. [See Sice, and Sise.] Six.

Size

Size , n. [OIt. sisa glue used by painters, shortened fr. assisa, fr. assidere, p. p. assiso, to make to sit, to seat, to place, L. assidere to sit down; ad + sidere to sit down, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit, v. i., and cf. Assize, Size bulk.] 1. A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc. 2. Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.

Size

Size, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sizing.] To cover with size; to prepare with size.

Size

Size, n. [Abbrev. from assize. See Assize, and cf. Size glue.] 1. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. [Obs.] "To scant my sizes." Shak. 2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford. 3. Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock. 4. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.

Men of a less size and quality.

The middling or lower size of people.

5. A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale. 6. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls. Knight. Size roll, a small piese of parchment added to a roll. -- Size stick, a measuring stick used by shoemakers for ascertaining the size of the foot. Syn. -- Dimension; bigness; largeness; greatness; magnitude.

Size

Size, v. t. 1. To fix the standard of. "To size weights and measures." [R.] Bacon. 2. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. Specifically: (a) (Mil.) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. (b) (Mining) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. 3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. Beau. & Fl. 4. (Mech.) To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting. To size up, to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See 4th Size, 4. [Slang, U.S.]

We had to size up our fellow legislators.

Size

Size, v. i. 1. To take greater size; to increase in size.

Our desires give them fashion, and so, As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow.

2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

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A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.

To cover with size; to prepare with size.

A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.

To fix the standard of.

To take greater size; to increase in size.

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Usage Examples

Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring, regardless of your age.

Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in.

By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size.

Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.

Always remember your kid's name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don't let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers... for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces.

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.

Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.

As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.

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Other Usage Examples

America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.

Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them.

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe.

I am all about health... and to me, size is not what defines your health.

I had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn't care to know. That was my mom's job, I figured that I would just find out when I turned 18. If you can't trust your mom, then who can you trust?

Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.

A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.

Biology is now bigger than physics, as measured by the size of budgets, by the size of the workforce, or by the output of major discoveries and biology is likely to remain the biggest part of science through the twenty-first century.