Size definition
That's about the size of the situation.
An example of size is a medium dress.
An example of size is a four feet tall, two feet wide dresser.
An example of size is a six feet tall man with a 36-inch waist.
A debt of enormous size.
What size is Cleveland?
Bite-size appetizers; an economy-size package.
Jumbo-size peanuts, size nine shoes.
That's the size of it.
An undertaking of great size.
I don't think we have the red one in your size.
The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
Try this proposal on for size.
- of one or the same size
- to make an estimate or judgment of
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Origin of size
- 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
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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