size
verb/saɪz/
/saɪz/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they size | /saɪz/ /saɪz/ |
| he / she / it sizes | /ˈsaɪzɪz/ /ˈsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple sized | /saɪzd/ /saɪzd/ |
| past participle sized | /saɪzd/ /saɪzd/ |
| -ing form sizing | /ˈsaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to mark the size of something; to give a size to something
- be sized (in something) The screws are sized in millimetres.
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- [usually passive] to change the size of something
- be sized The fonts can be sized according to what effect you want.
- size something to cover something with a sticky substance called size
give size
change size
make sticky
Word Originverb Middle English (also in the sense ‘assize, ordinance fixing a rate of payment’): from Old French sise, from assise ‘ordinance’, or a shortening of assize (see assizes).
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