Definition of size

"size" in the noun sense

1. size

the physical magnitude of something (how big it is

"a wolf is about the size of a large dog"

2. size

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

"he wears a size 13 shoe"

3. size, sizing

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

"size gives body to a fabric"

4. size, size of it

the actual state of affairs

"that's the size of the situation"

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

5. size

a large magnitude

"he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"

"the only city of any size in that area"

"size" in the verb sense

1. size

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

2. size

sort according to size

3. size

make to a size bring to a suitable size

"size" in the adjective sense

1. size

used in combination) sized

"the economy-size package"

"average-size house"

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Quotations for size

We judge of the size of the statue of Hercules by the foot.

Education is only like good culture, - it changes the size, but not the sort. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

A woman whose size in gloves is seven and three quarters never knows much about anything. [ Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband ]

Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots. [ Edward Bulwer Lytton ]

There is a spirit of resistance implanted by the Deity in the breast of man, proportioned to the size of the wrongs he is destined to endure. [ C. J. Fox ]

I hope if dogs ever take over the world, and they chose a king, they don't just go by size, because I bet there are some Chihuahuas with some good ideas. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

The reputation of a man is like his shadow: It sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size. [ French Proverb ]

Thinkers are as scarce as gold; but he whose thought embraces all his subject, who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is a diamond of enormous size. [ Lavater ]

As what we call genius arises out of the disproportionate power and size of a certain faculty, so the great difficulty lies in harmonizing with it the rest of the character. [ Mrs. Jameson ]

Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partisans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

There are persons who flatter themselves that the size of their works will make them immortal. They pile up reluctant quarto upon solid folio, as if their labors, because they are gigantic, could contend with truth and heaven! [ Junius ]

Every man, within that inconsiderable figure of his, contains a whole spirit-kingdom and reflex of the All; and, though to the eye but some six standard feet in size, reaches downwards and upwards, unsurveyable, fading into the regions of immensity and eternity. [ Carlyle ]

Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he boasted, The less you speak of your greatness, the more I shall think of it. Mirrors are the accompaniments of dandies, not heroes. The men of history were not perpetually looking in the glass to make sure of their own size. Absorbed in their work they did it, and did it so well that the wondering world saw them to be great, and labeled them accordingly. [ Rev. S. Coley ]

This is my seventieth birthday, and I wonder if you all rise to the size of that proposition, realizing all the significance of that phrase, seventieth birthday. The seventieth birthday! It is the time of life when you arrive at a new and awful dignity; when you may throw aside the decent reserves which have oppressed you for a generation and stand unafraid and unabashed upon your seven-terraced summit and look down and teach--unrebuked. You can tell the world how you got there. It is what they all do. You shall never get tired of telling by what delicate arts and deep moralities you climbed up to that great place. You will explain the process and dwell on the particulars with senile rapture. I have been anxious to explain my own system this long time, and now at last I have the right. [ Mark Twain, Seventieth Birthday speech ]

size in Scrabble®

The word size is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

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size in Words With Friends™

The word size is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters size:

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The 35 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In size

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Words that start with size (7 words)

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Longer words containing size

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