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   Size

   /sīz/

   

   noun

   • 1. the relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is: "the schools varied in size"
   • ▪ extensive dimensions or magnitude: "she seemed slightly awed by the size of the building"
   • 2. each of the classes, typically numbered, into which garments or other articles are divided according to how large they are: "I can never find anything in my size"
   • ▪ a person or garment corresponding to a particular numbered size: "she's a size 10"

   verb

   • 1. alter or sort in terms of size or according to size: "some drills are sized in millimeters"
   • ▪ estimate or measure something's dimensions: "she was trying to size up a room with a tape measure"
   • ▪ form an estimate or rough judgment of someone or something: "the two men sized each other up"

   adjective

   • 1. having a specified size; sized: "marble-size chunks of hail"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘assize, ordinance fixing a rate of payment’): from Old French sise, from assise ‘ordinance’, or a shortening of assize.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sizer noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • Z

     10

   • E

     1

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