Definition: 1. How large or small a person or thing is. 2. One of a number of standard measurements in which clothes, shoes and other goods are made and sold. 3. A large magnitude. 4. Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance. 5. Sort according to size.
Use 'size' in a sentence:
1. The rooms upstairs are of unequal size.
2. It's similar in size to a tomato.
3. This jacket is just my size.
4. I don't eat much, yet I am a size 16.
5. She's a size 12 in clothes.
6. The exhibition has tripled in size from last year.
7. The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea.
8. Try this one for size.
9. This report is an acknowledgement of the size of the problem.
10. You should have seen the size of their house!
11. Try these shoes for size —they should fit you.
12. We have to expand the size of the image.
13. Size of pension depends partly on length of service with the company.
14. I was astonished by the size and complexity of the problem.
15. What size do you take?
16. We were impressed by the sheer size of the cathedral.
17. Of course we'll change it for a larger size, Madam.
18. What is it like to steer a ship this size?
19. The kitchen is a good size.
20. It typically takes a day or two, depending on size.
21. She takes (a) size 5 in shoes.
22. The jacket was the wrong size.
23. What size shoes do you take?
24. What's your shoe size?
25. The building was awe-inspiring in size and design.
26. It would be highly undesirable to increase class sizes further.
27. He knows the size of the task.
28. The facilities are excellent for a town that size.
29. The glass can be cut to size for you.
30. The hats are made in three sizes: small, medium and large.
31. I made a full-size cardboard model.
32. It's not my size.
33. We stock a wide variety of styles and sizes.
34. What neck size do you take?
35. The regions differ in size, but not in kind.
36. Does the quality of teaching depend on class size?
37. Check that your size is in stock.
38. Try these shoes for size ─ they should fit you.
39. The paper was of non-standard size.
40. She bought a slightly larger size to allow for shrinkage.
41. Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size.
42. It would be more economical to buy the bigger size.
43. There are three sizes ─ small, medium and large.
44. Larger sizes give the best value for money.
45. Just the huge size of the place amazed her.
46. The two houses are similar in size.
47. The fonts can be sized according to what effect you want.
48. The containers are graded according to size.
49. Class sizes in the school are below the national average.
