Definitions for size
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sizenoun

   the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

   "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"

2. sizenoun

   the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

   "he wears a size 13 shoe"

3. size, sizingnoun

   any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

   "size gives body to a fabric"

4. size, size of itnoun

   the actual state of affairs

   "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it"

5. sizeadjective

   a large magnitude

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

6. sizeverb

   (used in combination) sized

   "the economy-size package"; "average-size house"

7. sizeverb

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

8. sizeverb

   sort according to size

9. sizeverb

   make to a size; bring to a suitable size

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sizenoun

   Etymology: perhaps rather cise, from incisa, Latin; or from assise, French

   1. Bulk; quantity of superficies; comparative magnitude.

   I ever narrified my friends,
   With all the size that verity
   Would without lapsing suffer. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   If any decayed ship be new made, it is more fit to make her a size less than bigger. Walter Raleigh.

   The distance judg’d for shot of ev’ry size,
   The linstocks touch, the pond’rous ball expires. Dryden.

   Objects near our view are thought greater than those of a larger size, that are more remote. John Locke.

   The martial goddess,
   Like thee, Telemachus, in voice and size,
   With speed divine, from street to street she flies;
   She bids the mariners prepare to stand. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. [ Assise, old French.] A settled quantity. In the following passage it seems to signify the allowance of the table: whence they say a sizer at Cambridge.

   ’Tis not in thee
   To cut off my train, to scant my sizes,
   And, in conclusion, to oppose the bolt
   Against my coming in. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   3. Figurative bulk; condition.

   This agrees too in the contempt of men of a less size and quality. Roger L'Estrange.

   They do not consider the difference between elaborate discourses, delivered to princes or parliaments, and a plain sermon, intended for the middling or lower size of people. Jonathan Swift.

   4. [ Sisa, Italian.] Any viscous or glutinous substance.

2. To Sizeverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To adjust, or arrange according to size.

   The foxes weigh the geese they carry,
   And ere they venture on a stream,
   Know how to size themselves and them. Hudibras.

   Two troops so match’d were never to be found,
   Such bodies built for strength, of equal age,
   In stature siz’d. John Dryden, Knights Tale.

   2. [From assise.] To settle; to fix.

   There was a statute for dispersing the standard of the exchequer throughout England; thereby to size weights and measures. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   3. To cover with glutinous matter; to besmear with size.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. size

   Size refers to the physical dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or extent of an object or entity. It can include measurements such as length, width, height, diameter, or volume. Size can be expressed in various units depending on the context, such as inches, feet, millimeters, square feet, liters, or cubic meters. In a broader sense, it can also refer to the number of elements in a set or collection, or the importance, influence, or degree of something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sizenoun

   six

2. Sizeverb

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

3. Sizeverb

   any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish

4. Sizeverb

   to cover with size; to prepare with size

5. Sizenoun

   a settled quantity or allowance. See Assize

6. Sizenoun

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

7. Sizenoun

   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

8. Sizenoun

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

9. Sizenoun

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

10. Sizenoun

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

11. Sizeverb

    to fix the standard of

12. Sizeverb

    to adjust or arrange according to size or bulk

13. Sizeverb

    to take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature

14. Sizeverb

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

15. Sizeverb

    to swell; to increase the bulk of

16. Sizeverb

    to bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting

17. Sizeverb

    to take greater size; to increase in size

18. Sizeverb

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

19. Etymology: [See Sice, and Sise.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. size

   size is a command line utility originally written for use with the Unix-like operating systems. It processes one or more ELF files and its output are the dimensions of the text, data and uninitialized sections, and their total. Common use: Here follows some examples on Solaris; options and syntax may vary on different Operating Systems: With -f option name and size of each section are printed out, plus their total: With -F option size and permission flag of each sections are printed out, plus their total:

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Size

   sīz, n. extent of volume or surface: magnitude: an allotted portion: (pl.) allowances (Shak.).—v.t. to arrange according to size: at Cambridge, to buy rations at a certain fixed rate: to measure.—v.i. to increase in size.—adjs. Sī′zable, Size′able, of suitable size: of considerable size or bulk; Sized, having a particular size.—ns. Sī′zer, one who, or that which, sizes or measures, a kind of gauge; Sī′zing, act of sorting articles according to size, esp. crushed or stamped ores in mining: an order for extra food from a college buttery.—Size up, to measure, consider carefully. [Contr. of assize (q.v.).]

2. Size

   sīz, Sizing, sī′zing, n. a kind of weak glue, used as varnish: any gluey substance.—v.t. to cover with size.—adj. Sized, having size in its composition.—n. Sī′ziness.—adj. Sī′zy, size-like: glutinous.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. size

   A specific amount, value, number or form.

   The size of the clothing are similar in various countries.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SIZE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Size is ranked #103655 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Size surname appeared 173 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Size.
   
   83.2% or 144 total occurrences were White.
   8% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   5.7% or 10 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Change Magnitude
   • Coat
   • Filler
   • Magnitude
   • Property
   • Situation
   • Sort

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'size' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #802

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'size' in Written Corpus Frequency: #787

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'size' in Nouns Frequency: #287

How to pronounce size?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say size in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of size in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of size in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of size in a Sentence

1. Patrick Semmens:

   The terms of a one-size-fits-all contract could hurt workers, for example, seniority may be helpful to some workers, and not others.

2. Nana Konamah:

   There are some drugs that can be given to reduce the amount of blood flow during periods. There are certain injections that can shrink the size of the fibroids and painkillers for the pain. All of these methods have their side effects, and have to be communicated with the patient.

3. Pascal Lee:

   The highest resolution images available for Philolaus Crater do not allow the pits to be identified as lava tube skylights with 100 percent certainty, but we are looking at good candidates considering simultaneously their size, shape, lighting conditions and geologic setting.

4. Alex Teachey:

   It it turns out to be, as we've suspected, a massive Jupiter-like planet with a moon roughly the size of Neptune, it's very strange, and not like anything astronomers have expected to exist out there, and that might tell you there's really some strange stuff going on elsewhere, not at all like what we see in our neighborhood.

5. Dan Savage:

   One size fits all wasn't fair, non-normative desires make people feel like freaks or alone.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=size
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=size
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/size
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=size
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=size
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html