moderate-sized
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈmɒdərɪt saɪzd/
:
de tamaño moderado
- Many moderate-sized landowners, meanwhile, had been meeting their obligations and paying back their loans in compliance with their agreements.
- moderate-sized university
- small to moderate-sized
Examples
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This study examined career satisfaction among experienced professors at a moderate-sized liberal arts college and explored their motivations for staying in the profession.
Academic text (2009) -
The moderate-sized garden featured a variety of plants and flowers, perfect for a weekend retreat.
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Mr. Proctor's books come so fast that no moderate-sized library will be able to hold them in the course of another year or two.
Academic text (1999) -
Small and moderate-sized companies welcomed the convenience of being near other plants, many of which were suppliers or buyers.
Academic text (1994) -
The administration of questionnaires took place in the classrooms of a moderate-sized university in Southern California.
Academic text (1997) -
This moderate-sized system, designed to cool devices based on high-temperature superconductors, is a step toward smaller-sized commercial applications.
Academic text (1994) -
I must have walked seven or eight blocks down an avenue that was, in all respects, ordinary, with shops and restaurants on the ground floors of moderate-sized buildings, except for its being deserted.
Fiction book (2000) -
Magrath and Sleigh (2003) surveyed a total of 64 honor society members and non-members from their moderate-sized suburban university and found that both groups perceived being associated with the honor society as positive, and actual members were satisfied with participating in the society.
Academic text (2006) -
Our new apartment is located in a moderate-sized building with just five floors, making it feel cozy.
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She bought a moderate-sized dog that fits perfectly in their small house without taking up too much space.
Synonyms
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3.3
Not very large or intense
162
1.3
Of average size, not too big or too small
31
2.4
Of a size between small and large
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3.2
Medium in size between small and large
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2.3
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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3.2
Larger than small but smaller than large
Of medium price and quality between budget and luxury
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Morphology
Etymology
The word moderate-sized combines moderate, from an old word meaning 'measure' or 'keep within limits', and size, meaning 'how big' something is, so moderate-sized describes something that is 'in the middle' — not large or small.