size

Meanings

Noun

• An assize.
• A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
• A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
• The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
• A regulation, piece of ordinance.
• A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
• A number of edges in a graph.
• Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
• An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.
• file size
• A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
• Wallpaper paste.
• The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
• Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.

Verb

• To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
• To classify or arrange by size.
• To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
• To take a greater size; to increase in size.
• To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
• To swell; to increase the bulk of.
• To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• bid size
• cup size
• effect size
• family size
• file size
• shoe size
• resize

Origin

• From Middle English syse, sise, from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise. Displaced native Middle English grete ("size") (from Old English grietu ("size, greatness")).
• From Middle English syse, of unclear origin; related to Old Italian sisa, perhaps ultimately related to size / syse, or perhaps shortened from assisa, from assiso