size
Betekenis
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- The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
- A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
- A number of edges in a graph.
- Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
- An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
- Short for chili size (“hamburger served with chili con carne”).
- (obsolete) An assize.
- (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.
- (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
- (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/saɪz/
Etymologie
Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”), from the verb asseoir (“to sit down”), from Latin assidēre, composed of ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced native Old English miċelnes (literally “bigness”).
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