American English

How to pronounce sized

adjective · verbB1Common word
SAIZD

/saɪzd̚/

One syllable.

Having a particular size, usually shown by another word before it.

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Meanings & examples

adjective

Having a particular size, usually shown by another word before it.

We need a family-sized pizza.

The store sells medium-sized shirts.

Good to know

Before a noun, it is usually joined to the word that gives the size with a hyphen.

Common phrases & grammar

medium-sized company · family-sized meal · king-sized bed · bite-sized pieces

[size]-sized + noun

noun + be + [size]-sized

verb

Made something the correct size or set its size.

The jeweler sized the ring for her.

The image was sized to fit the screen.

Common phrases & grammar

sized to fit · sized for children · custom-sized · properly sized

subject + sized + object + for + person/body part

object + was + sized + to fit + noun

verbtechnicalless common

Estimated how large something was or how much of it there was.

Analysts sized the market at $8 billion.

The team sized the project before hiring staff.

Common phrases & grammar

size the market · size the opportunity · size the project

subject + sized + object + at + amount

Useful expressions

size someone/something up

to judge a person or situation quickly, often by looking carefully

The interviewer sized him up quickly.

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