Word a Day
size
What does size mean?
size (noun): the dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use size in a sentence?
- The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce size?
/saɪz/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does size come from?
Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “size”?
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What does “size” mean?
the act of giving something in return for something received
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the dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is
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a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes)
Not quite: that's what hour means.
one of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen
Not quite: that's what alternative means.
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