size
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[saɪz] [-aɪz] 
US WSize
- Size refers to the concept of things, usually physical objects, having measurements that are relatively greater or lesser than other things along certain dimensions, such as length, width, height, diameter, perimeter, area, volume, or mass.
- The sizes with which humans tend to be most familiar are body dimensions (measures of anthropometry), which include measures such as human height, the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body standing erect,
- ^ C. Smoryński, History of Mathematics: A Supplement (2008), p. 76.
- NounPLsizesSUF-ize
- (obsolete outside dialects) An assize.
- OBS A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
- OBS A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
- The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
- [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
- OBS A regulation, piece of ordinance.
- A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
- I don't think we have the red one in your size.
- (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph.
- (figuratively, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
- An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.
- A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
- Wallpaper paste.
- The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
- Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
- (obsolete outside dialects) An assize.
- VerbSGsizesPRsizingPT, PPsized
- VT To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- VT To classify or arrange by size.
- VT COL To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
- VI To take a greater size; to increase in size.
- (Britain, Cambridge University) OBS To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
- VT OBS To swell; to increase the bulk of.
- VT To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
- VT To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Well, it was a busy day and I was really cut down to size — in fact, once I was told to take a long walk on a short pier.
- 2003: It pays to practice shuffle steer to ensure that you can get the size of correction you need when the time comes. — Carl Lopez, Going Faster!: Mastering the Art of Race Driving p. 225
- This toughness is the result of a uniquely fine grain size imparted by vanadium to steel, anodium steels are readily cast, forged, and rolled.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Sizing the acetabulum on an orthogonal lateral view of the acetabulum will provide additional insight on sizing, particularly in the nonhemispheric acetabulae.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- This dress fits like a glove! How did you know my size?
- A few iconoclasts insist that bulbs can reflower, and you may be proving them right, but it is more likely that you started with at least two bulbs similar in size.
- This applies especially to the massive, hyperossified skull in which the maxilla is sutured posteriorly with the quadratojugal-quadrate, and the supratemporal opening is much reduced in size.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of size in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "size" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.