size
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,033 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,842 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) a wolf is about the size of a large dog
- the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing) he wears a size 13 shoe
- any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics also: sizing size gives body to a fabric
- the actual state of affairs also: size of it that's the size of the situationshe hates me, that's about the size of it
- a large magnitude he blanched when he saw the size of the billthe only city of any size in that area
adjective
- (used in combination) sized the economy-size packageaverage-size house
verb
- cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
- sort according to size
size in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Of course, the tree must have some size.
In the Wilderness · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1
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He was about the middle size, and remarkably well proportioned.
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works · William Carleton · Chapter 1
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Cried Nobbs, "Here, take the prize; It weighs a pound--in its own scales, I'm quite sure by its size."
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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His hands were very white, and--according to his own notion of the size of hands as indicating birth--aristocratically small.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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It was not only her smile which was childlike, her face itself was childlike for a woman of her age and size.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1