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size

noun
/saɪz/

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”), from the verb asseoir (“to sit down”), from Latin assidēre, composed of ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced native Old English miċelnes (literally “bigness”).

  1. derived from *sed-✻
  2. derived from assideo
  3. derived from cise
  4. inherited from syse

Definitions

  1. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing

    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.
    • Ashley: Look at the size 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.

  2. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.

    • I don't think we have the red one in your size.
    • What size are you? I mean, what size shoes do you take?

  3. The number of edges in a graph.

  4. ›+ 20 more definitions

    1. Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.

      • men of a less size and quality**
      • the middle or lower size of people

    2. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by…

      An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls

      • Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Size”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC..

    3. Ellipsis of chili size (“hamburger served with chili con carne”).

    4. An assize.

      • 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.

    5. A regulation, piece of ordinance.

    6. A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.

    7. A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and…

      A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.

      • to scant my sizes

    8. To adjust the size of

      To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.

      • a statute […] to size weights, and measures

    9. To classify or arrange by size.

    10. To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.

    11. To take a greater size

      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 they size, grow.

    12. To order food or drink from the buttery

      To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

    13. To swell

      To swell; to increase the bulk of.

      • 2. Queen.[…]lend us a knee; But touch the ground for us no longer time Then a Doves motion, when the head's pluckt off: ell him if he i'th blood cizd field, lay swolne Showing the Sun his Teeth; grinning at the Moone What you would doe.

    14. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.

      • The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas.

    15. Wallpaper paste.

    16. The thickened crust on coagulated blood.

    17. Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.

    18. To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.

    19. To apply a thickening agent (such as cornstarch or gelatin) to warp threads to prevent…

      To apply a thickening agent (such as cornstarch or gelatin) to warp threads to prevent abrasion or unraveling during weaving.

      • After spinning, the singles are either dyed for sale as thread or sized with cornstarch, woven into fabric, and sewn into garments and accessories that are dyed after completion.

    20. Alternative form of sice (“number six in dice games”).

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for size. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA