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size1
noun
    1. Length, breadth, height or volume, or a combination of these; the dimensions of something.
      Thesaurus: dimension, measurement, area, extent, amplitude, scope, breadth, mass, bulk.
    2. Largeness; magnitude.
      Example: We were amazed at its size
    3. Any of a range of graded measurements into which especially garments and shoes are divided
      Example: She takes a size 12
      Example: What is your shoe size?
verb sized, sizing
    1. To measure something in order to determine size.
    2. To sort or arrange something according to size.
Derivative: sized
adj
    Note: usually in compounds
    Having a particular size.
      Example: medium-sized
Derivative: sizer
    A measurer or gauge.
    slang
    Something of great or considerable size.
Idiom: of a size
    Being of the same size.
Idiom: the size of it
    colloq
    An assessment of the present situation or state of affairs.
Etymology: 13c: from French sise, a variant of assise assize.

Phrasal Verb: size someone or something up
    To take a mental measurement of them or it.To mentally judge their or its nature, quality or worth.


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