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See also:sizəandsiže

English

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Etymology 1

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Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, fromMiddle Englishsyse,sise(“regulation, control, limit”), fromOld Frenchcise,sise, aphetism ofassise(“assize”), from the verbasseoir(“to sit down”), fromLatinassidēre, composed ofad-(“to, towards, at”) +‎sedeō(“sit; settle down”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*sed-. Displaced nativeOld Englishmiċelnes(literally“bigness”).

Noun

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size (countable anduncountable,pluralsizes)

  1. Thedimensions ormagnitude of a thing; how big something is.[from 15th c.]
    Thesize of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
    • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:
      Ashley: Look at thesize of that ship!
      Kaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet.
      Joker: Well,size isn't everything.
      Ashley: Why so touchy, Joker?
      Joker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too.
    • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:
      [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about thesize of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
  2. A specific set ofdimensions for a manufactured article, especiallyclothing.[from 16th c.]
    I don't think we have the red one in yoursize.
    Whatsize are you? I mean, whatsize shoes do you take?
  3. (graph theory) The number ofedges in agraph.[from 20th c.]
  4. (figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
  5. Aninstrument consisting of a number ofperforatedgauges fastened together at one end by arivet, used for measuring the size ofpearls
  6. (US)Ellipsis ofchili size(“hamburger served with chili con carne”).
  7. (obsolete outside dialects) Anassize.[from 14th c.]
    • 1749, Henry Fielding,Tom Jones, Folio Society, published1973, page560:
      I know you would have women above the law, but it is all a lye; I heard his lordship say atsize, that no one is above the law.
  8. (obsolete) Aregulation, piece ofordinance.[15th c.]
  9. (obsolete) A regulation determining theamount of money paid infees,taxes etc.[14th–18th c.]
  10. (obsolete) A fixedstandard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.[15th–17th c.]
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Translations
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dimensions or magnitude of a thing
a specific set of dimensions for clothing
graph theory: a number of edges in a graph
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish:koko (fi)
assize—seeassize
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Verb

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size (third-person singular simple presentsizes,present participlesizing,simple past and past participlesized)

  1. (transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
  2. (transitive) Toclassify or arrange by size.
    1. (military) To take theheight of men, in order to place them in theranks according to theirstature.
    2. (mining) Tosift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
    3. (biochemistry) To separate different proteins bymolecular weight.
      • 2024, Agilent Technologies,Protein Sizing with the Agilent ProteoAnalyzer System‎[1]:
        However, SDS-PAGE consistentlysized most of the proteins smaller than the ProteoAnalyzer, resulting in a larger percent difference between the two systems.
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
  4. (intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.
    • after 1633 (first published),John Donne,Farewell to Love
      Our desires give them fashion, and so, / As they wax lesser, fall, as theysize, grow.
  5. (UK, Cambridge University, obsolete) To orderfood ordrink from thebuttery; hence, to enter ascore, as upon the buttery book.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of.
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to adjust the size of
to classify or arrange by size
to estimate the size of

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishsyse,[1] of unclear origin;[2] related toOld Italiansisa(“a glue used by painters”),[3] perhaps ultimately related tosize /syse(“amount”),[2][3] or perhaps shortened fromassisa, fromassiso(“to make to sit, to seat, to place”)

Noun

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size (countable anduncountable,pluralsizes)

  2. A thin, weakglue used asprimer for paper orcanvas intended to be painted upon.
    • 1938,Norman Lindsay,Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1962,→OCLC, page40:
      The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated withsize and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas.
  3. Wallpaperpaste.
  4. The thickenedcrust on coagulatedblood.
  5. Anyviscous substance, such asgilder'svarnish.
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thin, weak glue intended to be painted upon
wallpaper paste
thickened crust on coagulated blood

Verb

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size (third-person singular simple presentsizes,present participlesizing,simple past and past participlesized)

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

References

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  1. ^“size”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ↑2.02.1“sīse,n.(2).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved25 April 2018.
  3. ↑3.03.1William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “size”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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size (pluralsizes)

  1. Alternative form ofsice(“number six in dice games”).

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Chinese

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishsize.

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Noun

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size

  1. (Cantonese)size

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Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siˈzɛ/
    • (colloquial, quick speech)IPA(key): /sːɛ/

Pronoun

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size

  1. dative ofsiz:you – plural or polite

Turkmen

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Noun

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size

  1. dativeplural ofsiz
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