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Of an unusually large size .
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- 1958, P. G. Wodehouse, The Fat of the Land, in 'A Few Quick Ones', Everyman, London: 2009, p 11. ...the contents of the kitty amounted to well over a hundred pounds. And it was generally recognized that this impressive sum must inevitably go to the lucky stiff who drew the name of Lord Blicester, for while all the starters were portly, having long let their waist-lines go, not one of them could be considered in the class of Freddie's outsize uncle.
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Synonyms: outsized
Antonyms: none provided
Unintuitively or unexpectedly large.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Small changes in initial conditions can have an outsize effect on the course of events.
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An unusually large garment size.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: OS
Antonyms: none provided
To exceed in size.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
larger than normal for its kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outsized, oversize, oversized
Antonyms: none provided
an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: size
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English size English outsize From out- + size.
