size

CEFRA1

/saɪz/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    How large or small something is; to make something a particular size.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.

Examples

  • Remember to specify your size when ordering clothes.

  • Your book is double the size of mine.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The number of edges in a graph.

  2. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.

  3. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls

More examples

In context

  • Your room is twice the size of mine.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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The blank of the house is over four thousand square feet, making it very large.

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Origin

noun

Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”), from the verb asseoir (“to sit down”), from Latin assidēre, composed of ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced native Old English miċelnes (literally “bigness”).