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
Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Paddling on the waters that sustain their lands reminds them of the sacrifices their families endured to preserve their fishing and hunting rights, their ongoing struggle to restore a watershed the size of West Virginia, the fight to bring fire and salmon back to the lands and waters.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
The set is on sale in twin, full, queen, and king sizes, and each one includes one or two matching shams depending on the size selected.
—Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 20 July 2025
But the space-time—the black hole itself—will never actually shrink in size even as the radiation leaks energy into the void for all eternity.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 20 July 2025
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The company claimed that with the open-source model, users can control lighting, time of day, color tone, camera angle, frame size, composition and focal length.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Paddling on the waters that sustain their lands reminds them of the sacrifices their families endured to preserve their fishing and hunting rights, their ongoing struggle to restore a watershed the size of West Virginia, the fight to bring fire and salmon back to the lands and waters.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
The set is on sale in twin, full, queen, and king sizes, and each one includes one or two matching shams depending on the size selected.
—Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 20 July 2025
But the space-time—the black hole itself—will never actually shrink in size even as the radiation leaks energy into the void for all eternity.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 20 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for size
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“Size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/size. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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