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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: size

1	n v adj	the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) sort according to size (used in combination) sized
2	n v	any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: size

n the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

“a wolf is about the size of a large dog”

Types:: show 24 types...; hide 24 types...; circumference, perimeter
the size of something as given by the distance around it; bigness, largeness
the property of having a relatively great size; littleness, smallness
the property of having a relatively small size; distance, length
size of the gap between two places; leg
(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack; girth
the distance around a person's body; ampleness
the property of impressive largeness in size; bulkiness, massiveness
an unwieldy largeness; enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness
unusual largeness in size or extent or number; capaciousness, commodiousness, roominess, spaciousness
spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building); fullness, voluminosity, voluminousness
greatness of volume; giantism, gigantism
excessive largeness of stature; diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness
the property of being very small in size; delicacy, slightness
smallness of stature; grain
the smallest possible unit of anything; puniness, runtiness, stuntedness
smallness of stature; dwarfishness
smallness of stature; arm's length
a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy; gauge
the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train; light time
distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves); skip distance
the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere; wingspan, wingspread
linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil; wingspread
distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended; altitude
the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)

Type of:: magnitude
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

n the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

“he wears a size 13 shoe”

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; extra large
a garment size for a very large person; large
a garment size for a large person; number
a clothing measurement; 8vo, eightvo, octavo
the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves; outsize
an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large); petite
a garment size for short or slender women; 4to, quarto
the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves; regular
a garment size for persons of average height and weight; small
a garment size for a small person; stout
a garment size for a large or heavy person; tall
a garment size for a tall person

Type of:: property
a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class

n a large magnitude

“he blanched when he saw the size of the bill”

“the only city of any size in that area”

Type of:: magnitude
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

n the actual state of affairs

“that's the size of the situation”

“she hates me, that's about the size of it”

Synonyms:: size of it

Type of:: situation, state of affairs
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

v sort according to size

Type of:: assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out
arrange or order by classes or categories

v make to a size; bring to a suitable size

Types:: scale
size or measure according to a scale; resize
change the size of; make the size more appropriate; rescale
establish on a new scale

Type of:: change magnitude
change in size or magnitude

adj (used in combination) sized

“the economy-size package”

“average-size house”

Synonyms: sized
having a specified size

n any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

“size gives body to a fabric”

Synonyms:: sizing

Type of:: filler
used for filling cracks or holes in a surface

v cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

Type of:: coat, surface
put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

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