noun
size
syz
noun
1
The physical dimensions, extent, or amount of something.
"What size shoes do you wear?"
"The size of the crowd surprised everyone."
2
A thin glue-like substance used to prepare paper, canvas, or fabric before painting or printing.
"The canvas needs a coat of size before you start painting."
verb
1
To adjust something to a particular size, or to estimate its size.
"He sized up the room before deciding where to put the sofa."
How to Use Size
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishHow big something is, or (less commonly) a glue-like coating applied before painting or weaving.
Common mistake
Size as in "an amount of glue" is a different, much rarer meaning from the everyday "how big something is."
Common pairings
shoe size
size up
life-size
actual size
Word Forms
sized past tense, sized past tense, sizes plural, sizes singular, sizes singular
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Etymology
Originally meant a fixed regulation or standard amount, from Old French assise ("assize"), ultimately from Latin sedere, "to sit."