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midsized

midsized

3 3.4
Medium in size and not large or small
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɪdˌsaɪzd/
  • US
translation icon : mediano
  • Others concur with Biederman's assessment that it is still possible for a midsized firm to thrive amid competitors on either side of it.
  • midsized city
  • midsized carnivore
  • midsized university

Examples

  • They're a solid, family-owned, midsized network in the South.

    Working Girl (1988)

  • Participants for this study were recruited from an undergraduate Secondary Physical Education Content I class at a midsized university in the Rocky Mountain region.

    Academic text (2014)

  • First, the sample was drawn from a single school district in a midsized city in the Midwestern United States.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Participants were 26 volunteer students from three high schools near a midsized southeastern city.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Is your business among the many small-to-midsized businesses looking for a better alternative for sending or receiving international payments?

    Blog text (5)

  • Several suppliers have entered the market with economical approaches aimed specifically at midsized companies.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Indiana University at Indianapolis was a good hundred and fifty miles from Mooresville, a midsized town in the middle of nowhere.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The charter schools in this group were a large urban high school (Alpha) and a midsized rural high school (Epsilon).

    Academic text (2011)

  • Participants were 207 fourth graders from general education classrooms in four elementary schools located in a midsized Northwestern public school district.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The new restaurant in town is a cozy, midsized establishment that attracts many customers.

Synonyms

medium
vsmidsized
162 1.3

Of average size, not too big or too small

focuses only on physical size rather than amount or degree
medium-sized
vsmidsized
31 2.4

Of a size between small and large

uses the -ed adjective construction instead of the noun-root expression
midsize
vsmidsized
  • US
8 3.2

Medium in size between small and large

ends with -ed to mark the adjective form rather than the base
medium-size
vsmidsized
3 2.3

Of a size between small and large

uses a single adjectival -ed form rather than the two-word structure
moderate-size
vsmidsized
1 3.2

Larger than small but smaller than large

expresses the same idea via the short -ed adjective instead of that term
moderate-sized
vsmidsized
1 4.1

A person or thing that is between large and small in size

uses a compact adjective with central meaning rather than the alternate root
midscale
vsmidsized
4.2

Of medium price and quality between budget and luxury

applies to general physical size rather than business level or scope

How Big

huge
∞ 1.0
large
2 1.0
midsized
  • US
3 3.4
small
2 1.1
tiny
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

midsized positive

Morphology

midsized = mid-size (transparent) = mid + size + d

The word is formed from 'mid' + 'size' (mid-size) with an adjectival -d suffix, and the meaning 'of medium size' follows directly from its parts.

Etymology

The word midsized combines mid- meaning 'middle' and size meaning 'how big', just like midnight uses mid-. So a midsized thing is 'of middle size', not large or small.