HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of SIZE products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | say'z |
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| Rhymes | actualize, advertise, advise, and 255 more rhymes in ayz... |
| Meaning | (used in combination) sized. |
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| Examples | "the economy-size package"; "average-size house" |
| Similar to | sized |
| Usage | combining form |
| Meaning | The physical magnitude of something (how big it is). |
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| Examples | "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" |
| Broader | magnitude |
| Narrower | circumference, perimeter; largeness, bigness; smallness, littleness; distance, length |
| Attributes | large, big; small, little |
| Verbs | size; size |
| Meaning | The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing). |
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| Examples | "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
| Broader | property |
| Narrower | extra large; large; number; octavo, eightvo, 8vo; outsize; petite; quarto, 4to; regular; small; stout; tall |
| Verbs | size; size |
| Meaning | Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics. |
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| Examples | "size gives body to a fabric" |
| Synonyms | sizing |
| Broader | filler |
| Verbs | size |
| Meaning | The actual state of affairs. |
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| Examples | "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it" |
| Synonyms | size of it |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Broader | situation, state of affairs |
| Meaning | A large magnitude. |
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| Examples | "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area" |
| Broader | magnitude |
| Meaning | Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | coat, surface |
| Nouns | size, sizing |
| Meaning | Sort according to size. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate |
| Nouns | size; size |
| Meaning | Make to a size. Bring to a suitable size. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | change magnitude |
| See also | size up |
| Narrower | scale; resize |
| Nouns | size; size |
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