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say it: sahyz
size is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)". It is pronounced /ˈsaɪz/ — sahyz. It carries 9 recorded senses.
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
“a wolf is about the size of a large dog”
the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)
“he wears a size 13 shoe”
the actual state of affairs
“that's the size of the situation”
“she hates me, that's about the size of it”
colloquialism
a large magnitude
“he blanched when he saw the size of the bill”
“the only city of any size in that area”
cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
sort according to size
make to a size; bring to a suitable size
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for size come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.