size
597
8.0
- noun
- /saɪz/
- UK
:
magnitud
- First, map the community in terms of size, influence, and interactions of groups and individuals.
Examples
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Institutional enrollment numbers indicate wide variation in the size of the community colleges studied here.
Academic text (2013) -
So we know the size as well as the mass.
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It's not, it's not the size of the dog in the fight.
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But that would lead me to believe that size would be pretty important.
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Well, there is a size issue, sir.
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This depends now on the size of X, right?
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We used census data to determine the size and age structure of each population.
Academic text (2012) -
That's the size of it.
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Over time and in absolute dollar amounts, the tax gap's size has progressively grown.
Academic text (2017) -
That's the size of it; the situation is more complicated than it seems.
Synonyms
A short way to say what the situation really is
Idioms
- Informal
4
6.1
Challenge someone of similar size or strength instead of someone weaker
Compounds
5
3.2
A bed or mattress size larger than a double and smaller than a king, about 60 by 80 inches
- Specialized
1
4.8
How tall letters are in a font, from the lowest tail to the highest top
- Specialized
Seeing a familiar object as the same size even when distance makes it look smaller or larger
Surface Forms
Etymology
Size in the phrase 'that's the size of it' comes from the same old French sise meaning 'position' or 'situation', so the phrase simply means 'that's the real situation'.