- size
- noun1 how big or small sth isADJECTIVE▪ considerable, enormous, fair, good, great, impressive, large, massive, substantial, vast▪
The kitchen is a fair size.
▪The vast size of the country made it difficult to govern.
▪ compact, diminutive, limited, modest, small▪The unit's compact size makes it an ideal travel companion.
▪The dog's diminutive size is attractive to many people.
▪ reduced▪the reduced size of the show
▪ increased▪ increasing▪ average, mean, medium▪ moderate, reasonable, sufficient▪ overall, total▪ sheer▪The sheer size of these dinosaurs was their main weapon.
▪ appropriate, convenient, handy, manageable▪The ladder is a handy size for using in the house.
▪classes of manageable size
▪ optimal, optimum (esp. BrE), perfect▪ correct, right▪ wrong▪ comparable, equal, equivalent, similar▪ relative▪The relative size of the middle class has been steadily shrinking.
▪ normal, standard, uniform▪Her knee swelled to twice its normal size.
▪The standard size for the tiles is 12 inches.
▪ varying▪windows of varying sizes
▪ maximum, minimum▪The fish grow to a maximum size of 50 cm.
▪ actual, full, life▪The ring is shown actual size in the illustration.
▪a life-size model of a Roman soldier
▪ adult▪Only a limited number of the fish will grow to reach adult size.
▪ class, family, group, household, market, population, sample▪a model with constant population size
▪ portion, serving (AmE)▪The larger the serving size, the more you're likely to eat.
▪ physical▪ body, brain, etc.▪He eats a lot in proportion to his body size.
▪ screen, windowVERB + SIZE▪ adjust, change, control▪ expand, increase▪ limit▪ decrease, reduce, shrink▪The company is reducing the size of its workforce.
▪to shrink the size of government
▪ double, treble (BrE), triple▪She has almost doubled the size of her investments.
▪ determine▪A city's size is determined by the extent of its market area.
▪ match▪ attain, grow to, reach▪ estimate, guess, guess at▪I had to guess at the size of the batteries.
▪ overestimate, underestimate▪ calculate, determine, measure▪ compareSIZE + VERB▪ grow, increase▪ decline, decrease, fall▪ range from … to …▪ vary▪The size of her audience varied.
▪ allow sth, allow for sth▪Their smaller size allowed for greater acceleration.
PREPOSITION▪ from the size of▪From the size of the crowds outside, it was a very good movie.
▪ in size▪How do the samples compare in size?
▪The city has doubled in size in the last twenty years.
▪These insects range in size from one to two inches.
▪Houses increase in size as you travel further from the city.
▪ in the size of▪the increase in the size of the population
PHRASES▪ given the size of sth▪Given the size of the task, he won't have time to do anything else.
▪ half the size of sth, two, three, etc. times the size of sth▪Their house is twice the size of ours.
▪ relative to sb's/sth's size▪Their weight is small relative to their size.
▪ shapes and sizes, sizes and shapes (often figurative)▪Our customers come in all shapes and sizes.
▪ size and scope▪Their website has grown in size and scope.
2 one of a number of fixed measurementsADJECTIVE▪ large, medium, small▪The company is now going to make these products in larger sizes.
▪ various▪Brushes come in various sizes.
▪ two-gallon, four-pound, etc.▪The half-gallon size comes in a metal can.
▪ imperial, metric▪New radiators come in metric sizes.
▪ adult, children's, men's, women's▪ bust, chest, etc.▪XL fits chest sizes 44 to 50.
▪ bra, collar, shoe▪ font▪I changed the font size on the document.
… OF SIZES▪ range, varietyVERB + SIZE▪ be, take, wear▪What size are you (= for shoes or clothes)?
▪What size do you take?
▪Michael wears size 10 shoes.
▪ be available in, come in▪The bricks come in four sizes.
SIZE + VERB▪ fit sb▪Children's sizes don't fit her any more.
PREPOSITION▪ in a/your size▪Does this dress come in a bigger size?
▪I couldn't find the blouse in my size.
PHRASES▪ be a size too big, small, etc.▪The jacket is several sizes too large for him.
▪ size matters▪In surfing, size matters: big waves are beautiful.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
