Слово англійською: size

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Переклад size українською: форма́т, ро́змір (листка́), величина́, ро́змір (взуття́ і т. д.), размі́р взуття́

Детальний опис

size

noun

/saɪz/

how large/small

[uncountable, countable] how large or small a person or thing is

population/sample/group/class size
body/genome size
She has almost doubled the size of her investments.
a decrease in the size of the population
an area the size of (= the same size as) Wales
computer chips about the size of a grain of rice
discussions about increasing the size of the army
The company is reducing the size of its workforce.
the small/large size of the sample
the average size of the British family
the relative size of each socio-economic group
He was about the same size as me.
Dogs come in all shapes and sizes.
The facilities are excellent for a town that size.
The kitchen is a good size (= not small).
in size It's similar in size to a tomato.
These insects range in size from 2 to 5cm.
The firms vary greatly in size.
Towns grew in size throughout Elizabeth I's reign.
The typical clutch size is 3 eggs.
a file size of approximately 1.38 megabytes
Methods of assessment will depend on the size of the company.

[uncountable] size of something the large amount or extent of something

You should have seen the size of their house!
We were shocked at the size of his debts.
The sheer size of the potential market excites investors.
They complained about the size of their gas bill.

of clothes/shoes/goods

[countable, uncountable] one of a number of standard measurements in which clothes, shoes and other goods are made and sold

The jacket was the wrong size.
It's not my size.
in somebody's size They didn't have the jacket in my size.
The hats are made in three sizes: small, medium and large.
Do you have these shoes in (a) size 5?
She takes (a) size 5 in shoes.
What size do you take?
She's a size 12 in clothes.
I need a bigger/smaller size.
for size Try this one for size (= to see if it is the correct size).
The glass can be cut to size (= cut to the exact measurements) for you.

To ask about the size of something, you usually say How big? You use What size? to ask about something that is produced in fixed measurements. see also plus size

-sized/-size

(in adjectives) having the size mentioned

a medium-sized house
Cut it into bite-size pieces.

see also full-size, good-sized, king-size, legal-size, letter-size, life-size, man-sized, pint-sized, plus-size, queen-size

sticky substance

[uncountable] a sticky substance that is used for making material stiff or for preparing walls for wallpaper

Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 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). noun sense 5 Middle English: perhaps the same word as size in its other senses.

Idioms

cut somebody down to size

to show somebody that they are not as important as they think they are

that’s about the size of it

(informal) that’s how the situation seems to be
- ‘So they won't pay up?’ ‘That's about the size of it.’

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