ADJ
- considerable, enormous, fair, good, great, impressive, large, massive, substantial, vast
- The kitchen is (of) a fair size. The vast size of the country made it difficult to govern
- diminutive, limited, modest, small
- Despite its diminutive size, the car is quite comfortable
- average, medium, middle, moderate, reasonable, sufficient
- overall, total
- sheer, very
- The sheer size of these dinosaurs was their main defence
- appropriate, convenient, correct, desirable, handy, manageable, optimum, right
- The ladder is a handy size for using in the house. classes of manageable size
- wrong
- comparable, equivalent, similar
- standard, uniform
- The standard size for the tiles is 300mm square
- non-standard
- maximum, minimum
- The fish grow to a maximum size of 50cm
- actual, full, life
- The ring is shown actual size in the illustration. a life-size model of a Roman soldier
- class, family, group, household, market, population, sample
VERB + SIZE
- increase
- decrease, limit, reduce
- The company is reducing the size of its workforce
- double in, grow in, increase in
- Houses increase in size further away from the city centre
- be reduced in, decline in, decrease in, diminish in
- differ in, range in, vary in
- These insects range in size from 2 to 5cm
- grow to, reach
- estimate, guess (at)
- I had to guess at the size of the batteries
- overestimate, underestimate
SIZE + VERB
- increase
- decline, decrease, fall
- range from, vary
- The size of her audience varied
PREP
- from the ~ of
- From the size of the queues outside the cinema, it was a very good film
- in ~
- How do the samples compare in size?
- in the ~ of
- the increase in the size of the population
PHRASES
- half, two, three, etc. times the size of sth
- Their house is twice the size of ours
- shapes and sizes
- There are people of all shapes and size in the judo class
ADJ
- large, medium, small
- The company is now going to make these products in larger sizes
- 2-litre, 4-pound, etc.
- The 5-litre size comes in a metal tin
- imperial, metric
- New radiators come in metric sizes
- children's, men's, women's
- chest, collar, foot
- 'Extra large' fits chest sizes 44 to 50
- bra, shoe
VERB + SIZE
- be, take
- What size are you (= for shoes or clothes)? What size do you take?
- find sth in, get sth in
- I couldn't find the blouse in my size
- be available in, come in
- The bricks come in four sizes
SIZE + VERB
- fit sb
- I have to wear children's shoes because the women's sizes don't fit me
PREP
- in a/your ~
- Have you got this dress in a Size 12?
PHRASES
- be a size too big, small, etc.
- The jacket is several sizes too large for him
- Size 2, 10, etc.