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noun
an appraisal or estimation, especially as the result of sizing up: asking for a size-up of the new office equipment.
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noun use of verb phrase size up
noun use of verb phrase size up
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Size up
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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noun
1.
the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything: the size of a farm; the size of the fish you caught.
2.
considerable or great magnitude: to seek size rather than quality.
3.
one of a series of graduated measures for articles of manufacture or trade: children's sizes of shoes.
4.
extent; amount; range: a fortune of great size.
5.
EXPANDactual condition, circumstance, or state of affairs: That's about the size of it.
6.
a number of population or contents: What size is Springfield, Illinois? The size of that last shipment was only a dozen.
7.
COLLAPSEObsolete. a fixed standard of quality or quantity, as for food or drink.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase8.
to separate or sort according to size.
9.
to make of a certain size.
10.
Metallurgy. to press (a sintered compact) to close tolerances.
11.
Obsolete. to regulate or control according to a fixed standard.
12.
Idiomssize up, Informal.
a.
to form an estimate of (a situation, person, etc.); judge: They sized him up with a look.
b.
to meet a certain standard: He doesn't size up to my expectations.
13.
of a size, of the same or similar size: The two poodles are of a size.
14.
try on for size,
a.
to put on briefly in order to test the fit of, as a garment or shoes.
b.
to consider, evaluate, do, or use before taking further action: We'll try the plan on for size to see whether it's practical.
Origin:
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English syse orig., control, regulation, limit < Old French sise, aphetic variant of assise assize; (v.) in part representing late Middle English sisen to regulate (itself partly derivative of the noun, partly aphetic variant of assisen to fix, ordain, assess < Old French assiser, derivative of assise assize), in part derivative of the noun in later senses
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English syse orig., control, regulation, limit < Old French sise, aphetic variant of assise assize; (v.) in part representing late Middle English sisen to regulate (itself partly derivative of the noun, partly aphetic variant of assisen to fix, ordain, assess < Old French assiser, derivative of assise assize), in part derivative of the noun in later senses
Synonyms
1. Size, volume, mass, bulk are terms referring to the extent or dimensions of that which has magnitude and occupies space. Size is the general word: of great size; small in size. Volume often applies to something that has no fixed shape: Smoke has volume. Mass, also, does not suggest shape, but suggests a quantity of matter in a solid body: a mass of concrete. Bulk suggests weight, and often a recognizable, though perhaps unwieldy, shape: the huge bulk of an elephant.
1. Size, volume, mass, bulk are terms referring to the extent or dimensions of that which has magnitude and occupies space. Size is the general word: of great size; small in size. Volume often applies to something that has no fixed shape: Smoke has volume. Mass, also, does not suggest shape, but suggests a quantity of matter in a solid body: a mass of concrete. Bulk suggests weight, and often a recognizable, though perhaps unwieldy, shape: the huge bulk of an elephant.
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| size up | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to make an assessment of (a person, problem, etc) |
| 2. | to conform to or make so as to conform to certain specifications of dimension |
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Idioms & Phrases
size up
Make an estimate, opinion, or judgment of, as in She sized up her opponent and decided to withdraw from the election. This usage transfers measuring the size of something to broader meaning. [Late 1800s]
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