size

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /saɪz/
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• Rhymes: -aɪz

[edit] Etymology 1

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 grīetu, grȳtu "size, greatness").

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size (plural sizes)

1. (obsolete except dialectal) An assize.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 560:

     I know you would have women above the law, but it is all a lye; I heard his lordship say at size, that no one is above the law.

2. (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.
3. (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
4. (obsolete) A set amount of something.
5. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.

   The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.

6. A specific set of dimensions for clothing etc. seen as fitting a person or set of persons.

   I don't think we have the red one in your size.

7. (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph.

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• See also Wikisaurus:size

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to size (third-person singular simple present sizes, present participle sizing, simple past and past participle sized)

1. (transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
2. (transitive) To classify or arrange by size.
3. (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 1, above.

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size (plural sizes)

1. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
2. Wallpaper paste.
3. The thickened crust on coagulated blood.

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to size (third-person singular simple present sizes, present participle sizing, simple past and past participle sized)

1. (transitive) To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.

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