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- [adjective oh-ver-sahyz; noun oh-ver-sahyz]
- /adjective ˈoʊ vərˈsaɪz; noun ˈoʊ vərˌsaɪz/
- /ˈəʊ.və.saɪz/
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- [adjective oh-ver-sahyz; noun oh-ver-sahyz]
- /adjective ˈoʊ vərˈsaɪz; noun ˈoʊ vərˌsaɪz/
Definitions of oversize word
- adjective oversize of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar. 1
- adjective oversize of a size larger than is necessary or required. 1
- noun oversize something that is oversize; an oversize article or object. 1
- noun oversize a size larger than the proper or usual size. 1
- adjective oversize very large 1
- transitive verb oversize make too large 1
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Origin of oversize
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; over- + size1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Oversize
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
oversize popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
oversize usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for oversize
adj oversize
- bagger — A bagger is a person whose job is to put customers' purchases into bags at a supermarket or other store.
- baggy — If a piece of clothing is baggy, it hangs loosely on your body.
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
- bloater — a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured
adjective oversize
- bag — A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
- balloon — A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
- colossal — If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
- dilate — to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- distend — Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.
Antonyms for oversize
verb oversize
- be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- dwarf — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- micrify — to make small or insignificant.
- minify — to make less.
adjective oversize
- dwarfed — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- infant — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- itsy — (informal) Very small; itty.
- miniscule — minuscule.
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