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noun
Size.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: size, bigness, bulk, largeness, magnitude, scale
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The characteristic of being big.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the property of having a relatively great size
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: largeness
Antonyms: littleness
Broader terms: size
Narrower terms: ampleness, bulkiness, massiveness, enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness, capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness, commodiousness, fullness, voluminosity, voluminousness, gigantism, giantism
History
From Middle English bignesse (“size”), equivalent to big + -ness.
