Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

size-up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English

Syllables
size-up
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The initial evaluation of an incident and how to deal with it.

Etymology

Deverbal from size up.

Inflected Forms

size-ups (plural)

Questions

What does size-up mean?
The initial evaluation of an incident and how to deal with it.
Where does size-up come from?
Deverbal from size up.

How to pronounce size-up

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