midsize
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈmɪdˌsaɪz/
- US
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- For their road trip, they chose a midsize car that was comfortable for everyone and easy to park.
- midsize firms
- midsize company
- midsize city
Examples
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Another concern for midsize firms is concentrating in the wrong practice areas.
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We developed the course in partnership with a charter school in a midsize, urban southeastern city.
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But the key to defining a midsize firm may be a matter of perspective more than numbers.
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In effect, midsize firms fit the needs of fewer and fewer clients.
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In New York City, a "midsize" firm might still number as many as 400 or so attorneys.
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In terms of numbers, for instance, the size of a midsize firm has always been in flux.
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People aren't going to believe that a midsize firm can do everything that a big firm can do.
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But a niche strategy may also put a midsize firm at some risk, say law firm managers and consultants.
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"And now he's a partner at a well-known midsize firm in New York," she notes.
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A regional vocational training institute helps attract migrants to this sterile settlement, a midsize town.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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1.3
Of average size, not too big or too small
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2.4
Of a size between small and large
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3.4
Medium in size and not large or small
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2.3
Of a size between small and large
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3.2
Larger than small but smaller than large
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4.1
A person or thing that is between large and small in size
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Midsize comes from two simple parts: mid- meaning 'middle', as in the word midnight, and size meaning 'how big'. So, midsize means 'in the middle of small and large', which is why we use it to describe something that is not small and not large.