size

size/ saɪz /

noun
the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything:
the size of a farm; the size of the fish you caught.
considerable or great magnitude:
to seek size rather than quality.
one of a series of graduated measures for articles of manufacture or trade:
children’s sizes of shoes.

verb (used with object), sized, siz·ing.
to separate or sort according to size.
to make of a certain size.

Verb Phrases
size up, Informal.
to form an estimate of (a situation, person, etc.); judge:
They sized him up with a look.
to meet a certain standard:
He doesn’t size up to my expectations.

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