Size

/saɪz/ · noun

Meaning

The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is..

Definitions by Sense

1. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
2. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
3. (graph theory) The number of edges in a graph.
4. (figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
5. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
6. (US) Ellipsis of chili size (“hamburger served with chili con carne”).
7. (obsolete outside dialects) An assize.
8. (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.

Example Sentences

The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.

Ashley: Look at the size of that ship! Kaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet. Joker: Well, size isn't everything. Ashley: Why so touchy, Joker? Joker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too.

[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].

I don't think we have the red one in your size.

What size are you? I mean, what size shoes do you take?

men of a less size and quality**

the middle or lower size of people

Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Size”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC..

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• sizes
• sizing
• sized

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