Size Definition

sīz

sized, sizes, sizing

noun

sizes

That quality of a thing which determines how much space it occupies; dimensions or magnitude of a thing.

Webster's New World

Any of a series of graded classifications of measure into which merchandise is divided.

Jumbo-size peanuts, size nine shoes.

Webster's New World

Any of a series of graduated categories of dimension whereby manufactured articles, such as shoes and clothing, are classified.

American Heritage

Extent, magnitude, amount, etc.

An undertaking of great size.

Webster's New World

Relatively large amount, dimensions, etc.

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Synonyms:

verb

sized, sizes, sizing

To make of a certain size.

Webster's New World

To arrange or grade according to size.

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To apply size to; fill, stiffen, or glaze with size.

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adjective

Sized. Often used in combination.

Bite-size appetizers; an economy-size package.

American Heritage

affix

-sized.

Life-size.

Webster's New World

idiom

of a size

of one or the same size

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size up

to make an estimate or judgment of

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Other Word Forms of Size

Noun

Singular:

size

Plural:

sizes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Size

of a size
size up

Origin of Size

From Middle English sise, syse (“regulation, control, limit"), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise "assize". Displaced native Middle English grete, grette (“size") (from Old English grÄ«etu, grȳtu (“size, greatness")).

From Wiktionary
Old Italian sisa, a glue used by painters, shortened from assisa, from assiso, to make to sit, to seat, to place.

From Wiktionary
Middle English sise from Old French court session, law short for assise assize

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English sise probably from Old French a setting size¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition