as in dimension
the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something
we worried that the immense size of the sofa would make getting it through the doorway impossible
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as in glue
a substance used to stick things together
coated the fabric with size before applying it to the wall
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Recent Examples of size
Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 19 July 2025
Hundreds of plots of land are soon to be up for sale by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in a series of auctions, with land ranging from a less-than-one-acre island to plots of land hundreds of acres in size.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 19 July 2025
The overhead rail network can be customized to any room shape or size.
—Joe Salas
july 19, New Atlas, 19 July 2025
No sharks, including the infamous white shark, target people as food; most don’t even recognize anything our size as potential food.
—Hans Walters, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
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While both Black and white children showed consistent negative effects of paternal incarceration on cognitive development, the size of the effect was much larger for white children.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 19 July 2025
Hundreds of plots of land are soon to be up for sale by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in a series of auctions, with land ranging from a less-than-one-acre island to plots of land hundreds of acres in size.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 19 July 2025
The overhead rail network can be customized to any room shape or size.
—Joe Salas
july 19, New Atlas, 19 July 2025
No sharks, including the infamous white shark, target people as food; most don’t even recognize anything our size as potential food.
—Hans Walters, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
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“Size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/size. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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