Size
magnitude or dimension of a thing; concept abstracted from the process of measuring by comparing a longer to a shorter or vice versa
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The size of something is how much space the thing takes. It can also be described as how big or small something is.
Sizes can be measured. When a size is measured, it is given a number.[1]
Words for sizes
- little
- palmer is very small, as in short.
- small means "little"
- tiny means "very little"
- big
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- large means "big"
- huge means "very big"
Small and big are opposites.
Examples
- Example 1
- The green box is larger in size than the yellow box.