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SYZ/saɪz/

Size is how big or small something is: what size, a large size, the size of the room. Size is often uncountable for the idea: size matters; countable for labels: two sizes. Measurement is more technical. A set British question is “What size shoes do you take?” — not “how size is it”; say what size is it or how big is it.

Meaning

How big or small something is.

Examples

• “What size shoes do you take?”
• “Do you have this jacket in a smaller size?”
• “The two boxes are the same size.”

Good to know

what size…? in a large / small size. the size of + noun. Not “how size.”

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