pocket-sized
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈpɑkɪt saɪzd/
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de bolsillo
- This pocket-sized notebook is perfect for jotting down ideas on the go.
Wouldn't it be great if there were a pocket sized guide that helped you sleep, focus, act, be better?
- Wouldn't it be great if there were a pocket sized guide that helped you sleep, focus, act, be better?
- Wouldn't it be great if there were a pocket sized guide that helps you sleep, focus, act and be better?
- It's it's in relation to something else that it has the quantity being pocket sized.
- And I wish there were a pocket sized guide, you know that little, that little header to help me feel well and act well and sleep well.
Examples
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The pocket-sized first aid kit is very useful when traveling.
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Adele pulls a pocket-sized leather-bound book out of her purse and hands it to Pete.
Fiction book (2001) -
It is a a pocket sized guide to help your life.
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Wouldn't it be great if there were a pocket sized guide that helped you sleep, focus, act, be better?
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Wouldn't it be great if there were a pocket sized guide that helps you sleep, focus, act and be better?
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It's a portable pocket sized LED light from Aperture.
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I think small, hand-held, pocket-sized devices have a place.
Blog text (19) -
That's why a pocket-sized tape recorder can help.
Academic text (1993) -
Walker fishes out a pocket-sized pack of Kleenex and gives her one.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's worth buying or checking out from the public library, Pond Life, an inexpensive pocket-sized paperback in the Golden Field Guide series.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
Not large in size or amount
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1.0
So small it can fit in your hand
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3.6
Very small in size compared with the usual type
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1.0
Very small in size so you can hold it in one hand
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8.1
Very small, like a baby mouse
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4.4
Very small in size or amount
20
6.8
Very small in size
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2.0
A little smaller than usual
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3.2
Small enough to fit in a pocket and easy to carry
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4.4
Small enough to fit into a pocket
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4.3
Very small and easy to miss
Small and light enough to carry easily, often about musical instruments
Much smaller than other things of the same kind
Very small or unimportant
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Morphology
Etymology
The word pocket-sized comes from the everyday word pocket, a 'small bag' in clothes, and the part -sized, meaning 'about the size of'. So, pocket-sized describes something small enough to fit in a pocket or to carry easily.