Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

resize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: re-size
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To alter the size of something.

Transitive verb

verb

To change in size.

Intransitive verb

noun

An operation that changes the size of something.

verb

To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English size English resize From re- + size.

Usage

Inflected Forms

resizes (present, singular) resizing (participle, present) resized (participle, past) resized (past) resizes (plural)

Derived Forms

resizability resizable resizer unresized

Questions

What does resize mean?: To alter the size of something.
Where does resize come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English size English resize From re- + size.

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