Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sized

/sˈaɪzd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: sized
IPA: /sˈaɪzd/

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a certain size. Usually used in combination with an adverb or a noun.

verb

simple past and past participle of size

Example Sentences

"A badly-sized pair of shoes."
"A pea-sized creature."
"The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog."
"An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine."

Etymology

From size + -ed.

Phrases

sized up

Frequently Paired Words

sized up

Rhymes With

surprised advised revised comprised devised disguised pint-sized baptized prized despised chastised surmised

Questions

How do you pronounce sized?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈaɪzd/.
What does sized mean?: Having a certain size. Usually used in combination with an adverb or a noun.
Where does sized come from?: From size + -ed.

How to pronounce sized

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